How often are the JCAHO surveys?
A. JCAHO surveys occur approximately every three years. In an in-service Kathy Norins – a JCAHO surveyor – said a year ago that healthcare organizations that passed with low marks on their last JCAHO survey and when JCAHO’s assessment of their eighteen month self-assessment/corrective action plan – the assessment raised concerns – might see JCAHO as soon as two years. Healthcare institutions that passed with a good score and whose self assessment is realistic might not see JCAHO until four years.
