Brookwood Baptist faces CMS scrutiny over incident in psychiatric unit
Brookwood Baptist Medical Center is facing scrutiny from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services over an incident in the hospital's psychiatric unit.
The hospital could face a loss of Medicare billing privileges unless the issues are correct.
According to a spokesperson from CMS, the issue stemmed from an April incident in which a psychiatric patient was physically restrained by hospital staff. The patient later suffered cardiac arrest and die d.
CMS said the staff failed to utilize proper…
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