Hospitals that cannot control the spread of emerging infectious diseases within their facilities risk spreading a disease such as COVID-19 to patients and staff. OIG therefore developed a plan to assess the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) controls related to hospital preparedness for emerging infectious diseases.The objective of this audit was to determine whether CMS designed and implemented effective internal controls related to hospital preparedness for emerging infectious diseases such as COVID-19.
Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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270823 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services make regulatory changes to allow it to require accreditation organizations to perform special surveys of hospitals selected by CMS after it issues new substantive participation requirements or guidance that it determines warrant additional validation to ensure timely compliance. | |||||
270824 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
We recommend that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services make regulatory changes to allow it to require accreditation organizations to perform special surveys of hospitals selected by CMS during a public health emergency to address the risks presented by the emergency. |