Feds Want a Policy That Advocates Say Would Let Hospitals Off the Hook for Covid-Era Lapses

1.0KFF Health Newshttps://kffhealthnews.orgkhnerichhttps://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/khnerich/Feds Want a Policy That Advocates Say Would Let Hospitals Off the Hook for Covid-Era Lapses - KFF Health Newsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yWVyjvYVs4"><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/hospital-safety-records-transparency-pandemic-pause-cms/">Feds Want a Policy That Advocates Say Would Let Hospitals Off the Hook for Covid-Era Lapses</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/hospital-safety-records-transparency-pandemic-pause-cms/embed/#?secret=yWVyjvYVs4" width="600" height="338" title="“Feds Want a Policy That Advocates Say Would Let Hospitals Off the Hook for Covid-Era Lapses” — KFF Health News" data-secret="yWVyjvYVs4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/GettyImages-1352489924-resized.jpg38402560The pandemic disrupted all sense of normalcy for U.S. hospitals, so federal officials are proposing to pause financial penalties against the facilities and to block public access to key hospital safety data — such as the frequency of falls and sepsis — because of concerns that the data isn’t accurate enough. But consumer advocates are furious about the proposal.