Feds will get oversight on Dallas area psych hospital after reported patient safety lapses
A DeSoto psychiatric hospital — which the federal government said had put patients in “immediate jeopardy” of harm — will continue to receive Medicare funding after officials agreed to a special oversight arrangement.
Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital was set to lose access to the money Friday after federal inspections reported serious lapses in patient care. But the feds say the hospital this week signed what is known as a systems improvement agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Among other provisions, the 18-month agreement requires the hospital to hire a group of independent consultants approved by the federal agency to oversee improvements.
Government officials have previously used systems improvement agreements to bring Parkland Memorial Hospital and other facilities back into compliance.
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