Dallas hospital "no longer meets requirements to participate in Medicare program" [View All]

The county hospital, that primarily serves the local indigent population has flunked it most recent Medicare inspection. This is one of a long string of state and federal invesigations (including one of by the Dept of Justice that is ongoing). They get 10 days to try and convince federal regulators that they should not be kicked out of Medicare/Medicaid.

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An unannounced inspection of Parkland Memorial Hospital last month found a “serious threat to patient health and safety” that put the hospital in “immediate jeopardy” of losing federal funding.

The eight-day review by the agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid found “significant deficiencies” that must be corrected immediately or the hospital could lose its Medicare funding on Sept. 2.

Parkland -- the county’s only public hospital -- is operated by the Dallas County Hospital District. The hospital treats about 150,000 people a year in its emergency room and admits more than 40,000. It has 675 beds.

In unusually blunt language, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- or CMS -- explained the violations in a letter to Parkland’s top executive Dr. Ron Anderson.