Hospitals Not Fighting HHS Over COVID-19, Flu Reporting Requirements

The American Hospital Association is working with HHS to get the last 6% of hospitals to comply with reporting requirements after the department indicated it is moving forward with its plan to remove providers from Medicare and Medicaid if they don’t report COVID-19 and influenza data. CMS issued an interim final rule in late August that would require hospitals to report daily on the number of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 positive patients and the availability of essential supplies and equipment,...