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Agency Seeks Confidential Accident Data From Hospitals

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking to require some hospitals to participate in its National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), the nation's principal system for tracking consumer product-related injuries. Currently relying on manual review and coding of medical records from roughly 70 of the nation's more than 5,000 hospital emergency departments, the agency has announced that it will expand its surveillance network across all 50 states and to about 100 hospitals and health systems. Under the updated program, NEISS-R would exchange data with participating hospitals through federally designated Qualified Health Information Networks in an effort to strengthen the CPSC’s ability to detect product hazards.  It would search for [...]

2026-07-28T14:36:16-04:00July 29, 2026|Uncategorized|
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Federal Health Policy Update for December 19

The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for December 13-19.  Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress Funding for the operation of the federal government will expire tomorrow, December 20, unless Congress passes a funding bill.  Earlier this week, congressional leaders agreed on a continuing resolution that included a number of health care priorities, including relief from scheduled Medicaid DSH cuts, relief for Medicare physician payment cuts, extension of telehealth flexibilities, extension of the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, a number of changes in the practices of pharmacy [...]

2024-12-19T16:06:57-05:00December 19, 2024|340b, Accountable Care Organization, ACO, Alternative payment models, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMMI, Congress, hospitals, MACPAC, Medicaid, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, Medicaid disproportionate share, Medicaid DSH, Medicaid DSH allotments, Medicare reimbursement policy, MedPAC, Telehealth|
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Federal Health Policy Update for October 24

The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for October 18-24.  Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS has issued new guidance outlining regulatory requirements for hospitals to report specific data on COVID-19, flu, and RSV.  The new weekly electronic reporting requirements will apply to short-term acute-care hospitals, long-term-care hospitals, critical access hospitals, Indian Health Service hospitals, children’s hospitals, and cancer hospitals, with other types of hospitals – psychiatric hospitals and distinct part units and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and distinct part units – subject [...]

2024-10-24T14:58:32-04:00October 24, 2024|Affordable Care Act, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, COVID-19, hospitals, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare post-acute care, Medicare regulations, Medicare reimbursement policy, post-acute care, Telehealth|
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