Wake Forest Hospital Regains Medicare, Medicaid Status After Corrective Patient Safety Plan

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., has regained their Medicare/Medicaid status after CMS approved its corrective action plan following a patient safety incident involving a two-year-old girl, according to a WXII news report.

Wake Forest's Medicare/Medicaid status was in jeopardy of being revoked after a two-year-old patient was attacked by her mother's boyfriend in her hospital room in March. The boyfriend was arrested, and the hospital implemented new patient safety protocols that would prevent such instances from occurring again, include "a large number of improvements in patient care operations, quality reporting, governance and facilities," according to the news report.

 

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CMS reviewed and accepted the hospital's corrective action plan, deeming the hospital a fully compliant Medicare/Medicaid provider.

Read the news report about Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Medicare/Medicaid status.

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