# Survey readiness: be ready every day

> How to prepare for surgery center, nursing home and Joint Commission surveys, and how to write a plan of correction that surveyors accept.

Source: https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/survey-readiness

The best survey prep never stops; these pages cover what surveys look like and the evidence to keep ready.

- [ASC survey readiness: how to be ready every day](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/survey-readiness/asc-survey-readiness): How CMS, state and accreditor surveys of surgery centers work, what surveyors request on day one, and a checklist to stay ready every day.
- [Nursing home recertification survey: what happens and what to have ready](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/survey-readiness/snf-recertification-survey): How CMS's standard health survey of a nursing home works, what incident and QAPI records surveyors request, and the new risk-based survey option.
- [Plan of correction: what CMS requires and how to write one that is accepted](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/survey-readiness/plan-of-correction): How to answer a CMS-2567: the 10-calendar-day deadline, the five elements of an acceptable nursing home plan, ASC requirements and how to write one.
- [Joint Commission survey readiness: unannounced surveys and tracers](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/survey-readiness/joint-commission-survey-readiness): How Joint Commission surveys work: unannounced timing, tracer methodology, what changed under Accreditation 360 in 2026, and how to stay ready all year.