Haywood Regional Medical Center, Haywood County, NC’s health care provider, cut off from Medicare and Medicaid payments.
February 26th, 2008 Categories: Hot Local Topics
Haywood Regional Medical Center, celebrating 80 years of providing health care to Haywood County, suffered a setback this week with the cessation of Medicare and Medicaid payments, as well as the subsequent resignation of David Rice, HRMC’s CEO, who served as CEO since 1993.
“Haywood Regional was cut off from Medicare payments Sunday following a state inspection that found “immediate jeopardy” in how hospital staff administers medication to patients.
Only five hospitals out of 6,700 nationwide were similarly decertified from Medicare in 2007, according to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.”
November of 2007 brought awards and accolades for Haywood Regional Medical Center, which was the recipient of five-star rankings based on predicted outcomes in 25 areas according to a comprehensive study by HealthGrades™ as well as ‘best’ rankings in North Carolina for overall critical care and treatment for gastrointestinal services; and, in addition, was in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for gastrointestinal surgery, gastrointestinal services, and gastrointestinal medical treatment.
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