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
Audit · Department of Health & Human Services OIG · 2021-06-24 · about Department of Health & Human Services
Report
Title
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
Submitting OIG
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Component agency
Department of Health & Human Services
Type
Audit
Publication date
2021-06-24
Summary
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.
Recommendations (2)
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Status
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270823
Open
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…
270824
Open
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…