CMS Memo – COVID-19 data reporting

 

To: All certified hospitals On 10/6/20 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a memo with an interim final rule about requirements and the enforcement process for reporting of COVID-19 data elements. The memo states: On September 2, 2020, the Federal Register published an interim final rule with comment period (IFC) (85 FR 54820). CMS has released new regulatory requirements for all hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) at 42 C.F.R. §§482.42(e) and 485.640(d), respectively, to report information in accordance with a frequency and in a standardized format as specified by the Secretary during the PHE for COVID-19. Failure to report the specified data needed to support broader surveillance of COVID-19 may lead to the imposition of the remedy to terminate a provider’s participation from the Medicare and Medicaid programs. To read the full memo, click here.