One can only view this report with sadness: The Dallas Morning News has posted a story saying the CMS has threatened to shut off federal reimbursements for Parkland Memorial Hospital “because of deficiencies that represent an immediate and serious threat to patient health and safety."
The largest previous case like this was in 2006 when the King/Drew center in Los Angeles was informed that CMS would no longer pay for patient care there ($200 million per year in revenue, or more than half its budget). It was then closed. I cannot recall any other major medical center facing this kind of sanction.
There is, however, an out to avoid a September 30 deadline:
David Wright, acting deputy regional director for CMS, told The Dallas Morning News that Parkland could avert that funding cutoff if it entered into a “systems improvement agreement,” an arrangement in which the hospital would accept CMS-approved outside consultants. CMS said that Parkland had responded “favorably” to the idea, and it would be discussed next week.
There is, however, an out to avoid a September 30 deadline:
David Wright, acting deputy regional director for CMS, told The Dallas Morning News that Parkland could avert that funding cutoff if it entered into a “systems improvement agreement,” an arrangement in which the hospital would accept CMS-approved outside consultants. CMS said that Parkland had responded “favorably” to the idea, and it would be discussed next week.
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