Houston hospital may lose funding after patient shooting

St. Joseph Medical Center will be cut from Medicare program unless it corrects safety problems


Houston' St. Joseph Medical Center may be cut from the Medicare program unless it corrects safety problems that led to a patient shooting, according to an article on the Becker's CFO website.

An off-duty Houston Police Department Officer who was working security at St. Joseph shot a 26-year-old "combative" patient on Aug. 27.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services cited the hospital's failure to ensure that off-duty police officers involved in the shooting of a patient earlier this year had been trained in responding to crises involving confused or aggressive patients, according to the article.

Investigators also found the hospital failed to ensure patients' rights were protected and that contracted officers' duties were clear.

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October 9, 2015


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