New York City-based RACmonitor investigative reporter Ed Roche returned to Monitor Mondays to report on developments in contact tracing: one of the newest tools in the fight to contain the deadly novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

A hefty amount of money is being invested in contact tracing, including the development of new automated tools. But Roche reports his concern that some of the models being proposed may complicate how we exercise our Constitutional right to privacy.

Other segments to be featured during the live broadcast include the following:

• RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, files the Monitor Mondays RAC Report.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Ellen Fink-Samnick reports on the news that’s happening at the intersection of COVID-19 and SDoH. Ellen also conducts the Monitor Mondays Listener Survey.
  
  
• Legislative Update: Matthew Albright, reports on the status of healthcare legislation associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic. 
  
  
• Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, reports on when HIPAA does, and does not, limit the ability to publicly comment on a situation like a Covid Outbreak during his Risky Business segment.
  
  
• Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.1qq