COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting

TARGET GROUP: HOSPITALS AND PUBLIC

OBJECTIVES

·        To understand health care system stress, capacity, capabilities, and the number of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19.

SUMMARY

Hospitals are responsible for reporting the information to the Federal government. Facilities should report at the individual hospital level, even if hospitals share a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Certification Number (CCN). We recognize that some health care systems choose to report for all facilities in their network from a central corporate location. We also recognize that many states currently collect this information from the hospitals. Therefore, hospitals may be relieved from reporting directly to the Federal government if they receive a written release from the state indicating that the state is certified and will collect the data from the hospitals and take over the hospital’s Federal reporting responsibilities. STLT (Short Term Long Term) partners may have unique reporting requirements either related to or independent of the Federal reporting requirements. Facilities are encouraged to work with their relevant STLT partners to ensure complete reporting.

REFERENCE

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/covid-19-faqs-hospitals-hospital-laboratory-acute-care-facility-data-reporting.pdf