| The Joint Commission today submitted public comment to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding a proposal to require all accrediting organizations with Medicare deeming authority to make all survey reports of all organizations they accredit, including reports on full accreditation, deficiency, follow-up and complaint surveys as well as all providers’ plans of correction, available on their public websites. The provision is contained within the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule, and Request for Information CMS-1677-P. ... |