OIG Report Finds CMS Needs to do More to Validate Hospital-Reported Infection Data

Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality writes: CMS is not doing enough to identify hospitals that may be gaming the system and reporting inaccurate quality data, according to a recently released HHS Inspector General report. Hospitals are responsible for self-reporting quality data to CMS as part of the inpatient quality reporting program, and this data is used to determine financial penalties.

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• http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/cms-can-do-more-to-validate-hospital-reported-infection-data-oig-report-finds.html
• DHHS OIG: CMS Validated Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program Data, But Should Use Additional Tools to Identify Gaming (PDF)