Houston heart transplant hospital could lose Medicaid funds
Federal officials, raising concerns about two deaths in May, said the hospital has not done enough to fix shortcomings that endanger patients.
The hospital reopened the program on
The funding withdrawal by the
"Our unwavering focus is always to ensure our patients receive the best possible medical care, and in ways that reflect our core values of reverence, integrity, compassion, and excellence," the hospital said.
Systems improvement agreements, when they occur, are usually first offered by CMS, not requested by a hospital. No such agreement was offered in the CMS letter.
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