As a result of new findings, more changes may be in store for the University Medical Center.
A report issued yesterday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, found deficiencies in the Medical Center during a full-hospital inspection, completed July 12.
The Medical Center now has 10 days to issue a "plan of correction" outlining measures the hospital will take to remedy the deficiencies, said Marguerite Beck, spokeswoman for the Medical Center.
Once the University devises a plan, the report will be sent back to CMS.
"At the point where we receive the plan of correction we can disclose the report to the public," CMS spokeswoman Carol Messick said in a statement released yesterday.
In the next few days, University officials will plan more modifications to the University Medical Center to comply with the CMS report findings, which have not been released to the public.
The inspection, which lasted two weeks, was conducted by reviewers from the State Health Department on behalf of the CMS, the federal agency that administers Medicare.
In contrast to previous inspections, the assessment this summer was a "detailed review of all areas of the hospital," not just patient care, University spokeswoman Louise Dudley said. Previously, the Medical Center was inspected after the 1998 baby switch and the 2001 psychiatric unit rapes.
She also said different divisions of the hospital were examined, including dietary services, building facilities and patient care.
Dudley said the University already had started making necessary changes.
We have "already dealt with a number of things that were brought up while the reviewers were here," Dudley said.
The CMS report is the latest development in a series of problems at the health center in recent months.
The full-hospital inspection was conducted after multiple problems were found in the hospital's psychiatric unit.
Because the University implemented changes in the psychiatric unit, CMS continued to allow the hospital to accept Medicare reimbursements.
The investigation of the hospital psychiatric unit followed reports in April and May that three female patients were sexually assaulted while in the psychiatric unit.
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