Surveyors examined ARMC for four days on five main areas: governing body, patient rights, quality assessment/performance, nursing services and physical environment. ARMC submitted a corrective action plan to CMS last week in relation to an alleged rape in a patient room last month, according to the report.
The rape was reported to hospital officials Feb. 17. A female patient alleged a male patient raped her in her hospital room. ARMC, which ramped up security in the facility, voluntarily reported the incident to the state Division of Health Service Regulation, prompting the state to investigate, according to the report. The state found the hospital was out of compliance on those five main areas and determined it could lose its Medicare and Medicaid funding status if the issues were not rectified.
The most recent evaluation from state surveyors determined the hospital corrected the deficiencies in the five highlighted areas and is no longer in “immediate jeopardy” to lose federal funding. However, a hospital spokesperson said in the report some aspects of its physical environment, such as a sprinkler head and door latches, still need to be corrected.
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