# HHSOIG - A-02-21-01003 - 270823
> **Open** recommendation · 2021-06-24
**Report:** CMS’s Controls Related to Hospital Preparedness for an Emerging Infectious Disease Were Well-Designed and Implemented but Its Authority Is Not Sufficient for It To Ensure Preparedness at Accredited Hospitals ([detail](https://api.ai-analytics.org/ig-report/29879))
**OIG report number:** A-02-21-01003
**Recommendation number:** 270823
## Text
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.
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*Source: oversight.gov · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*