CMS will not terminate its contract with Lompoc (Calif.) Medical Center after a follow-up survey showed the hospital implemented changes to address deficiencies at the facility, according to the Lompoc Record.
Lompoc Medical Center was at risk of losing its Medicare and Medicaid contracts after CMS did a surprise inspection of the facility Feb. 6-10. The survey revealed the hospital was not in compliance with several federal requirements, including some related to staff training, pharmacy procedures, food preparation and security. CMS said it would pull the hospital's Medicare and Medicaid funding June 8 if the deficiencies were not corrected.
CMS inspectors returned to Lompoc Medical Center June 5-7 for a follow-up survey. The surveyors determined the hospital was in "substantial compliance" with federal requirements, hospital officials told the Lompoc Record.
Lompoc Medical Center CEO Jim Raggio told the Lompoc Record the hospital made changes by May 5 to address all of the issues CMS raised in its report. "We were just waiting on them to come back and verify that all the policies that needed to be changed were changed," he said.
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