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A Hospital Near-Death Experience: How Medicare Termination Can Push a Hospital to the Brink of Closing
New Compass Clinical Consulting Whitepaper Shows How Strategic Leadership and Operational Changes Brought One Hospital Back From Medicare Termination
| Source: Compass Clinical Consulting
CINCINNATI, OH--(Marketwire - November 2, 2009) - Compass Clinical Consulting
(http://www.compass-clinical.com) has released a new whitepaper,
"Hospital Near-Death Experience: How Medicare Termination Can Push Your
Hospital to the Brink of Closing,"
(http://www.compass-clinical.com/hospital-near-death/) giving hospital
executives a rare look inside the process of Medicare termination and
recertification.
DECERTIFICATION
Haywood Regional Medical Center (Haywood), a 190-bed community medical
center in Clyde, NC, was decertified as a Medicare and Medicaid provider,
effective February 24, 2008. Haywood retained Compass Clinical Consulting
to help the hospital evaluate its management and operations in hopes of
regaining Medicare certification.
A HOSPITAL NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
The financial and public relations implications of the Medicare termination
process for any hospital are difficult and dire. They quickly affect every
aspect of a hospital's operations, from daily census to staffing. As a
result, some hospitals are forced to close. Compass Clinical Consulting
calls this process a "Hospital Near-Death Experience." Immediate corrective
measures must be taken.
COMPLIANCE ACTION PLAN
Over the course of three months, Compass Clinical Consulting helped Haywood
develop action plans to bring the hospital into compliance with CMS
Conditions of Participation.
LEADERSHIP CHANGES
Interim executives and clinical directors were brought in to fill
leadership gaps and direct the implementation of corrective actions.
FULL COMPLIANCE
Following a successful survey, Haywood was deemed to be in full compliance
with the Conditions of Participation for Acute Care Hospitals and, as of
June 13, 2008, was once again eligible to receive Medicare and Medicaid
funds.
IDENTIFY THE WARNING SIGNS
Compass Clinical Consulting's new whitepaper, "Hospital Near-Death Experience: How
Medicare Termination Can Push Your Hospital to the Brink of Closing,"
explores some of the factors that lead to Haywood's Near-Death
Experience and discusses some of the strategies that brought the hospital
back to life. This document identifies warning signs that can precede
regulatory difficulties and gives practical guidance for responding to
negative surveys. It will serve as a resource for hospital executives and
quality leaders who seek to avoid a Hospital Near-Death Experience.
EXPERTS IN MEDICARE TERMINATION RECOVERY
In the past two years, Compass Clinical Consulting has helped two hospitals
recover from the Near-Death Experience of Medicare termination. In
addition, they have aided dozens of hospitals in responding to findings of
Immediate Jeopardy. "We specialize in clinical operations and regulatory
compliance. Our goal is to be the number one go-to resource that hospitals
and healthcare systems think of when confronted with a Hospital Near-Death
Experience," said Cary D. Gutbezahl, MD, president of Compass Clinical.
ABOUT COMPASS CLINICAL CONSULTING
Compass Clinical Consulting helps hospital leaders achieve clinical,
operational, strategic, and labor cost optimization, better patient
satisfaction, interim executive staffing, and regulatory and accreditation
compliance. Corporate headquarters are located in Cincinnati, OH.