# HHSOIG - A-02-21-01003 - 270824
> **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:** 270824
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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.
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*Source: oversight.gov · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*