By Susannah Luthi | November
30, 2018
Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center won't lose its
Medicare funding in December as recently threatened by the CMS, after the agency accepted
the hospital system's revised plan of correction.
The CMS confirmed it has accepted Vanderbilt's revised plan of correction, and that the hospital is not in jeopardy of losing its Medicare Provider Agreement or billing privileges.
In a statement, a Vanderbilt official said the hospital has been closely working with the Tennessee Department of Health and the CMS "to assure that any concerns they may have about patient safety are fully addressed."
"After submitting our plan of corrective action we were informed yesterday by both the [health department] and the CMS the plan has been accepted," said John Howser, Vanderbilt's chief communications officer.
The CMS confirmed it has accepted Vanderbilt's revised plan of correction, and that the hospital is not in jeopardy of losing its Medicare Provider Agreement or billing privileges.
In a statement, a Vanderbilt official said the hospital has been closely working with the Tennessee Department of Health and the CMS "to assure that any concerns they may have about patient safety are fully addressed."
"After submitting our plan of corrective action we were informed yesterday by both the [health department] and the CMS the plan has been accepted," said John Howser, Vanderbilt's chief communications officer.
He added that the health department must return and "validate
that our plan of correction has been appropriately implemented," but that
the step will happen before Dec. 9.
Vanderbilt faced potential stripping of its Medicare contract on Dec. 9 after state surveyors looking into the 2017 death of a patient learned that a nurse had in error administered a high dose of an anesthetic instead of an anxiety medication. The mistake immediately killed the patient.
While the nurse was fired, the agency said the hospital was no longer qualified as a Medicare provider because it didn't report the incident to the state health department.
Vanderbilt faced potential stripping of its Medicare contract on Dec. 9 after state surveyors looking into the 2017 death of a patient learned that a nurse had in error administered a high dose of an anesthetic instead of an anxiety medication. The mistake immediately killed the patient.
While the nurse was fired, the agency said the hospital was no longer qualified as a Medicare provider because it didn't report the incident to the state health department.
Susannah
Luthi covers health policy and politics in Congress for Modern Healthcare. Most
recently, Luthi covered health reform and the Affordable Care Act exchanges for
Inside Health Policy. She returned to journalism from a stint abroad exporting
vanilla in Polynesia. She has a bachelor’s degree in Classics and journalism
from Hillsdale College in Michigan and a master’s in professional writing from
the University of Southern California.
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