VA to resume sharing quality-of-care data with national consumer site

USA Today: WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs will resume sharing data on the quality of care at its facilities with a national consumer database on October 1, the agency said Tuesday.

The move comes one day after USA TODAY reported that VA had stopped submitting data on July 1 to Hospital Compare, a site run by Department of Health and Human Services, despite a 2014 law mandating that the VA provide even more comprehensive statistics to the site so veterans can make informed choices about where to seek care.

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