CMS will increase its oversight of Medicare Accrediting Organizations in an effort to improve quality and safety in healthcare facilities, the agency said Oct. 4.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said upping its oversight of the accreditation organizations, which work on behalf of CMS to ensure healthcare organizations meet CMS' quality and safety standards, will increase patients' access to performance information. There are 10 CMS-approved accrediting organizations.
Increased oversight and transparency will include publicly posting performance data of the accrediting organizations online, revamping the process to validate accrediting organizations and an annual report to Congress. Some of the data that will be posted online includes deficiency findings after complaint surveys at accredited facilities, a list of providers deemed out of compliance by CMS and overall performance data for the accrediting organizations.
To access the annual report to Congress for fiscal year 2017, click here.
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