UCI Medical Center put under state supervision

September 26, 2008

UCI Medical Center has been placed under state supervision because of its anesthesiology department’s “inability to provide quality healthcare in a safe environment,” according to a federal report released Thursday.

Among the most serious failings cited by federal inspectors was doctors’ practice of filling out medical records in advance, suggesting specific outcomes before procedures were done.
Officials with the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Thursday that they had accepted the department’s plan of correction, but if the problems are not resolved, the hospital could lose its federal funding.

The Orange-based UCI Medical Center will remain under the oversight of the state Department of Public Health until a second inspection confirms that the corrections have been made.

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