Grassley Presses CMS To Publicly Release Hospital Inspection Reports

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said in a recent letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma (Sept. 18) that the Joint Commission, which CMS uses as an accrediting agency, appears to be unable to aggressively enforce standards for hospitals, and pressed the agency to publicly release all hospital inspection records. Grassley’s letter follows recent reports from the Wall Street Journal that in more than 30 instances hospitals retained their full accreditation although violations were deemed by CMS so...