HHS issues updated COVID-19 data reporting guidance 

Posted on: 12/11/20

The Department of Health and Human Services Wednesday updated its guidance to hospitals on the reporting of COVID-19-related data. The guidance includes two key changes stemming from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Dec. 2 interim final rule expanding the requirement for hospitals to report COVID-19 data, and requires daily reporting of influenza data starting Dec. 18. Weekly therapeutic data reporting fields are optional beginning Dec. 16 and mandatory starting Jan. 8.

For more on the new guidance, read an American Hospital Association Special bulletin.