; annual report; studies (1) Uniform reporting standards (A) In general The Secretary shall establish uniform State reporting requirements and national standards to ensure an adequate national database containing information pertaining to health services practitioners, approved providers, the costs of facilities and practitioners providing items and services, the quality of such items and services, the outcomes of such items and services, and the equity of health among population groups. Such database shall include, to the maximum extent feasible without compromising patient privacy, health outcome measures used under this Act, and to the maximum extent feasible without excessively burdening providers, a description of the standards and qualifications, levels of finding, and methods described in subparagraphs (D) through (F) of subsection (a)(1). (B) Required data disclosures In establishing reporting requirements and standards under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall require a provider with an agreement in effect under section 301 to disclose to the Secretary, in a time and manner specified by the Secretary, the following (as applicable to the type of provider): (i) Any data the provider is required to report or does report to any State or local agency, or, as of January 1, 2019, to the Secretary or any entity that is part of the Department of Health and Human Services, except data that are required under the programs terminated in section 903. (ii) Annual financial data that includes information on employees (including the number of employees, hours worked, and wage information) by job title and by each patient care unit or department within each facility (including outpatient units or departments); the number of registered nurses per staffed bed by each such unit or department; information on the dollar value and annual spending (including purchases, upgrades, and maintenance) for health information technology