CMS notified Dallas-based Parkland Health & Hospital System that it will investigate whether the health system is putting patients in 'immediate jeopardy,' according to a Dallas/Fort Worth Healthcare Daily.
The 'immediate jeopardy' warning notes that it involves "the care provided to a single patient." The Texas Department of State Health Services also informed the system of "deficiencies involving the same findings."
Before Sept. 6, CMS investigators will return to Parkland to investigate whether it was compliant with federal requirements that either caused or could cause patient harm. The investigators will also assess whether Parkland has corrected the issue.
CMS defines 'immediate jeopardy' as "a situation in which the provider's noncompliance with one or more requirements of participation has caused, or is likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to a resident."
Parkland has been in a situation of 'immediate jeopardy' before, when a patient died in the psychiatric emergency department while pinned face-down by a pair of staff members in 2011, according to the report. At the time, CMS ordered the hospital to fix 499 issues.
According to the Dallas/Fort Worth Healthcare Daily, Parkland declined to comment further and CMS and DSHS could be reached for comment.
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