The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued new regulatory requirements to Hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), to report on 38 items related to COVID-19, influenza and other capacity information.  Hospitals or CAHs that fail to report the specified data elements on a daily basis will receive a notification from their CMS Location of their noncompliance with the reporting requirements and any further noncompliance with reporting requirements may result in future enforcement actions. Hospitals have 14 weeks to comply with the new regulation or risk losing Medicare and Medicaid payments.
