The Trump admin. is not requiring nursing homes to provide data on COVID-19 deaths occurring prior to May 6, according to a public government document, limiting the accuracy of the federal data collection effort to measure the impact of the pandemic.
In the FAQ, the question was posed,"Are facilities required to report data that predates the effective date of the interim final rule?" The effective date of the final rule is May 6.
The document continues,"However, we encourage facilities to report older data as it will help with CDC's ongoing surveillance and response efforts to assess burden of COVID-19 in nursing homes, and support a comprehensive national surveillance of the pandemic."In a call last week with reporters, CMS administrator Seema Verma was asked about the data collection efforts and seemed to indicate data collection would extend back before May 6.
The administrator responded,"Yes there is going to be a look-back period so we'll get to know sort of the status of the nursing homes. And then the requirement is that they report to us on a weekly basis so we'll have the look-back and then we'll also have the go forward."
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