Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas will keep its Medicare and Medicaid funding, as a CMS survey found the hospital to be compliant with federal regulations, according to a Dallas Morning News report.
The survey results rescind a funding-termination order that's been pending since August 2011, according to the report. Parkland has since enhanced many of its patient safety practices, revamped its emergency department and hired more nurses. The changes cost more than $75 million, according to the report.
The survey results mean Parkland will continue to operate under a corporate integrity agreement from HHS, but it will no longer operate under a systems improvement agreement, which went into effect in September 2011. State health regulators will continue providing enhanced safety oversight as part of Parkland's settlement agreement to resolve penalties for past care failures.
For the next five years, consultants from Alvarez & Marsal, which were hired by Parkland, will also monitor the hospitals' billing and quality, according to the report.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Parkland "would have run out of money in 100 days" if CMS discontinued the hospital's Medicare and Medicaid funding, according to the report.
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