The just passed HR 3962 seems quite Cepheid friendly. Note re reporting of infections. Certainly when infections are reported there is a record of who is doing a good job of stopping infection. The efficient will be rewarded. People will want to go to the good hospitals. Has to be good for Cepheid and American people in general.

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1 Subtitle E—Public Reporting on
2 Health Care-Associated Infections
3 SEC. 1461. REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC REPORTING BY
4 HOSPITALS AND AMBULATORY SURGICAL
5 CENTERS ON HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED IN6
FECTIONS.
7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XI of the Social Security Act
8 is amended by inserting after section 1138 the following
9 section:
10 ‘‘SEC. 1138A. REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC REPORTING BY
11 HOSPITALS AND AMBULATORY SURGICAL
12 CENTERS ON HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED IN13
FECTIONS.
14 ‘‘(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—
15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide
16 that a hospital (as defined in subsection (g)) or am17
bulatory surgical center meeting the requirements of
18 titles XVIII or XIX may participate in the programs
19 established under such titles only if, in accordance
20 with this section, the hospital or center reports such
21 information on health care-associated infections that
22 develop in the hospital or center (and such demo23
graphic information associated with such infections)
24 as the Secretary specifies.
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1 ‘‘(2) REPORTING PROTOCOLS.— Such informa2
tion shall be reported in accordance with reporting
3 protocols established by the Secretary through the
4 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre5
vention (in this section referred to as the ‘CDC’)
6 and to the National Healthcare Safety Network of
7 the CDC or under such another reporting system of
8 such Centers as determined appropriate by the Sec9
retary in consultation with such Director.
10 ‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH HIT.—The Sec11
retary, through the Director of the CDC and the Of12
fice of the National Coordinator for Health Informa13
tion Technology, shall ensure that the transmission
14 of information under this subsection is coordinated
15 with systems established under the HITECH Act,
16 where appropriate.
17 ‘‘(4) PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THE VALIDITY
18 OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall establish
19 procedures regarding the validity of the information
20 submitted under this subsection in order to ensure
21 that such information is appropriately compared
22 across hospitals and centers. Such procedures shall
23 address failures to report as well as errors in report24
ing.
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