Healthcare DIVE April 30, 2024
On Wednesday, hospitals will no longer be required to report COVID-19 admissions, capacity or occupancy data to the federal government.
Dive Brief:
- Starting Wednesday, hospitals will no longer be required to report COVID-19 admissions, occupancy and capacity data to federal officials, as some of the last pandemic-era reporting requirements for providers expire.
- The change comes nearly a year after the federal government declared the COVID public health emergency over, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention significantly pared back mandatory reporting requirements for COVID-related metrics.
- Nationwide, COVID hospitalizations and deaths have reached near-record lows this spring.
Dive Insight:
The federal government first mandated health systems report COVID capacity, utilization and systems data in March 2020 to better...
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