Healthcare facilities might soon be at risk of losing a vital financing stream– Medicare funding– if they dont abide by new COVID-19 information reporting requirements.
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Healthcare facilities might quickly be at danger of losing an important funding stream– Medicare funding– if they do not comply with new COVID-19 information reporting requirements.
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The federal government is preparing to aggressively break down on health centers for not reporting complete COVID-19 data daily into a federal information system, according to internal files gotten by NPR. The draft assistance, expected to be sent to healthcare facilities this week, likewise includes brand-new reporting requirements, asking hospitals to supply day-to-day info on influenza cases, along with COVID-19. A draft letter from CMS, acquired by NPR, needs health centers to report data such as the number of COVID-19 patients and their stock of the drug remdesivir “for all 7 days, consisting of weekends,” into the federal information collection system run by HHS. The July change to data reporting created a big and costly administrative burden for healthcare facilities, without supplying financing to help them meet it. The data medical facilities were asked to supply as of July is made complex and time-consuming to collect, says Carrie Kroll of the Texas Hospital Association.
A draft letter from CMS, gotten by NPR, needs medical facilities to report information such as the number of COVID-19 patients and their inventory of the drug remdesivir “for all seven days, consisting of weekends,” into the federal data collection system run by HHS. The July change to data reporting created a big and expensive administrative concern for healthcare facilities, without providing financing to assist them satisfy it. The information hospitals were asked to supply as of July is made complex and time-consuming to gather, says Carrie Kroll of the Texas Hospital Association.
The federal government is preparing to aggressively punish medical facilities for not reporting complete COVID-19 data daily into a federal information system, according to internal documents obtained by NPR. The draft guidance, expected to be sent to healthcare facilities this week, also includes new reporting requirements, asking healthcare facilities to provide everyday information on influenza cases, together with COVID-19. Its the current twist in what medical facilities describe as a maddening flurry of changing requirements, as they deal with the stress of looking after patients during a pandemic. The reporting system drew national attention in July when the Department of Health and Human Services told health centers to stop reporting information– such as the variety of COVID-19 clients and the schedule of intensive care beds– to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and instead report it into a brand-new system managed directly by HHS, the CDCs parent firm. The switch raised issues from politicians and public health experts about the sidelining of CDC, the nations public health agency, in the middle of a pandemic.
