AHA's Comment on CMS’s Aug. 25 Interim Final Rule on COVID-19 Data Reporting

AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Aug. 25 interim final rule on COVID-19 data reporting. These requirements are a heavy-handed regulatory approach that threatens to expel hospitals from the Medicare program if they fail to comply with frequently changing and confusing COVID-19 data collection efforts. We urge CMS to immediately withdraw the new condition of participation (CoP) as well as eliminate the civil monetary penalty (CMP) provisions that would apply to laboratories that fail to report certain data. View the entire comment letter under Key Resources.