Texas Specialty Hospital in Abilene Not In Compliance

Beth Janicek

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Medicare officials notified West Texas Hospital in Abilene, a specialty hospital, that it will halt Medicare funding to the facility unless certain health and safety problems are corrected. A review by Medicare earlier this month found the hospital was not in compliance in a number of areas, including patient rights, nursing services and emergency services. Medicare will terminate the funding on March 17th, unless the serious and immediate threat to patient health and safety is removed.

"Several hours after Steve Spivey, a 44-year-old truck driver from Gorman, underwent spinal disk-fusion surgery, he went into respiratory arrest. The hospital staff, unable to help him, called 911 to summon emergency assistance. Spivey was transferred to the larger Abilene Regional Medical Center, where he died."

Specialty hospitals perform many out patient surgeries and do not have emergency services. If you or a loved one have been injured due to a specialty hospital lack of services, please contact me.