New enforcement guidelines are now in place, pushing hospitals to comply with rigorous reporting requirements, or risk losing a crucial funding stream from the federal government.
The federal government is starting to enforce new COVID-19 data reporting requirements for hospitals.The federal government is starting to enforce new COVID-19 data reporting requirements for hospitals.The federal government is starting to crack down on the nation's hospitals for not reporting complete COVID-19 data into a federal data collection system.
Later this month, the department of Health and Human Services will also start posting a list of hospitals noting whether they are out of compliance. Daily hospital admission data is being used"to understand where this epidemic is, how it's moving through different populations and ensuring that we're meeting the needs of specific hospitals and communities," Dr. Birx said on the call."In order to make that data useful, it also has to be timely, complete and valid."
"Tying data reporting to participation in the Medicare program remains an overly heavy-handed approach that could jeopardize access to hospital care for all Americans," said Rick Pollack, head of the American Hospital Association, in a statement.
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