COVID-19

• COVID Data Tracker (CDC)
• COVID-19 Nursing Home Data (CMS) – Resident and staff COVID-19 vaccination data are available by nursing home and state

National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

Resources related to reporting COVID-19 data to NHSN are available on the CDC website, including protocols, data collection forms, and analysis resources. For more information about reporting COVID-19 vaccination data, see CDC’s frequently asked questions.

• Dialysis facilities: COVID-19 vaccination reporting requirements for Virginia dialysis facilities are established by Quality Insights.
• Facilities that are part of the CMS Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Quality Reporting Program, or Long-Term Acute Care Quality Reporting Program: These facilities are required to submit COVID-19 vaccination data via the Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Module for at least one week per month to fulfill CMS reporting requirements.
• Long-term care facilities: CMS-certified long-term care facilities are required to report staff and resident COVID-19 vaccination data through the National Healthcare Safety Network’s COVID-19 / Respiratory Pathogens Module.
  • Additional CMS COVID-19 reporting requirements for the NHSN Surveillance Pathways module are in effect through 12/31/2024.
  • LTCF COVID-19 Test Results Reporting Requirement (VDH) (4/16/2022)

Virginia Communicable Disease & Outbreak Reporting Requirements

• Per the Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control, the following is reportable:
  • By physicians and directors of medical facilities: Report not only when a person who is infected with or who is suspected of having COVID-19 is treated or examined, but also if the person is hospitalized or admitted into an intensive care unit.
    • The report must be sent electronically within three days of the suspicion or confirmation of disease using either VDH’s online Confidential Morbidity Report Portal or Electronic Case Reporting.
  • By directors of laboratories and other entities that hold a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Certificate of Waiver (e.g., pharmacists): Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2) – Positive SARS-CoV-2 test results only
    • The report must be submitted electronically within three days of identification using either VDH’s available portal for laboratory reporting (VDH’s COVID-19 Point of Care (POC) Test Reporting Portal) or Electronic Laboratory Reporting.
  • By facilities or programs licensed or operated by any agency of the Commonwealth, schools, child-care centers, and summer camps: Any suspected or confirmed outbreak
    • Suspected Outbreak Reporting portal
• COVID-19 reporting regulations clinician letter (4/5/2023)
• For more information: Visit Disease Reporting and Control Regulations