The CNN report obtained data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons on 109 hospitals that revealed 60 hospitals fail to report pediatric heart surgery mortality rate.
The news network also detailed the deaths and complications of numerous babies that had undergone a heart procedure at St. Mary’s which, according to CNN, has a mortality rate for open heart surgery, three times the national average.
“We take these allegations very seriously,” said a CMS official in an emailed statement. “CMS is actively investigating these complaints.”
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