/tags/centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services en-US Copyright Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:00:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-09-24/trump-administration-plans-crackdown-on-hospitals-failing-to-report-covid-19-data Draft documents obtained by NPR show that the federal government is preparing to enforce new data reporting requirements, threatening to withhold vital Medicare funding from noncompliant hospitals. Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:00:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-09-24/trump-administration-plans-crackdown-on-hospitals-failing-to-report-covid-19-data Pien Huang, Selena Simmons-Duffin /2020-04-20/nursing-home-covid-19-reporting-rules-to-be-strengthened The federal government "will require nursing homes to inform residents, their families and their representatives of COVID-19 cases in their facilities." Notification must be given within 12 hours. Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:24:00 GMT /2020-04-20/nursing-home-covid-19-reporting-rules-to-be-strengthened Mark Katkov /news-partners/npr-news/2020-03-05/trump-administration-announces-new-scrutiny-of-nursing-homes Health inspectors are to be "hyperfocused on infection control right now," officials say, as they suss out what allowed COVID-19 to spread in a Kirkland, Wash., nursing home. Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:00:04 GMT /news-partners/npr-news/2020-03-05/trump-administration-announces-new-scrutiny-of-nursing-homes Jordan Rau