Texas hospital may lose funding due to safety concerns

Federal judge may intervene in plans to cut funding to a North Texas psychiatric hospital


A federal judge may intervene in plans to cut funding to a North Texas psychiatric hospital that has failed repeated safety inspections this year, according to an article on the Dallas News website.

Timberlawn Mental Health System hospital seeks to preserve its Medicare and Medicaid funding while going through a months-long administrative appeals process.

Timberlawn has come under scrutiny following the December suicide of a patient. Despite warning staff she wanted to hang herself, she was left unsupervised and given a room with door knobs.

The Texas Department of State Health Services is considering revoking Timberlawn’s license, in addition to CMS’ action.

Read the article.

 



August 28, 2015


Topic Area: Safety


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