The future federal funding for Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas is no longer at risk and the hospital is in "substantial compliance" with Medicare regulations, according to a Dallas News report.
In August, CMS issued an immediate jeopardy warning to Parkland after providers at the hospital released a homeless patient with multiple broken bones to a homeless shelter, despite the patient's objections.
When the hospital received the immediate jeopardy warning, the $400 million in annual federal funding Parkland receives was threatened. With Parkland now in substantial compliance, the hospital is no longer at risk of losing its federal funding, according to the report.
Fred Cerise, MD, CEO of Parkland, showed optimism about Parkland's safety practices and said the hospital has come a long way in recent years, according to the report.
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