The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced new respiratory disease reporting requirements for hospitals through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) effective Nov. 1. These requirements replace the previous “Hospital COVID-19 Data” reporting requirements and now mandate hospitals to electronically submit data about COVID-19, Influenza, RSV and hospital bed capacity.
All Michigan hospitals, including acute care hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals, freestanding rehabilitation facilities and freestanding psychiatric facilities, are required to report these new data elements into the state’s EMResource system.
To help hospitals prepare for the new federal requirements, the state will begin accepting the new data fields in EMResource starting Oct. 16. Although this is optional at this time, providing data to the state in the new format will help hospitals prepare for the Nov. 1 deadline.
Additionally, the state of Michigan is hosting open office hours on Oct. 16 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Microsoft Teams Meeting ID: 285 470 477 359
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Members with questions should contact Jim Lee at the MHA.