; and (F) other stakeholders as determined appropriate by the Secretary. (4) Guidance Not later than 1 year after the working group has been convened under paragraph (1), the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall issue guidance on standardized content and structure for transmitting information regarding individuals who were diagnosed and treated for health care-associated infections. 4. Improving data accuracy and surveillance Subpart II of part D of title IX of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 299b–33 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 938. Health care-associated infections and antimicrobial use (a) Identifying best practices The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall convene stakeholders to identify best practices for the collection and electronic reporting of data on health care-associated infections to the National Healthcare Safety Network by a subsection (d) hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B) )). (b) Data collection pilot program (1) In general The Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish and implement a pilot program to identify best practices and innovative approaches for the collection and electronic reporting of data on the incidence of health care-associated infections by long-term care facilities, ambulatory surgical centers, and dialysis facilities. Such pilot program should incorporate applicable data validation methodologies and other recommendations described in the framework developed under subsection (c). (2) Report Not later than 6 months after the completion of the pilot program under paragraph (1), the Director shall submit to the Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the best practices identified