Baylor University Medical Center received the “immediate jeopardy” warning after CMS inspectors found six psychiatric patients left the hospital’s emergency department without staff knowledge and without treatment. If the hospital does not correct the problem, it would be terminated from the Medicare program on Oct. 30.
The correction plan was submitted Monday. Under the plan, a “sitter” would be assigned to patients who are considered a risk to themselves or others, and the hospital has already provided training to staff, according to the report. The plan also involves limiting visitors to such patients to one at a time.
CMS will conduct one more unannounced inspection prior to Oct. 30. If the plan is in place and steps have been taken, the hospital will no longer be in “immediate jeopardy,” according to the report.
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