Rural hospital faces Medicare fund termination

Rural hospital faces Medicare fund termination

PORT ANGELES, Wash.—The Olympic Medical Center (OMC) received a letter from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last May 12 that all payments for treatment of Medicare patients will be terminated on August 15 unless immediate action is taken to bring the hospital into compliance with Medicare guidelines. OMC has been scrambling ever since to correct deficiencies and bring the hospital into compliance. So far, inspectors have reje…