Loving Kindness, patient safety, and expert care are our top priorities at York Hospital. We are here to provide the best care for our patients. We put their needs and wishes first whenever safely possible.
York Hospital is certified by the Center for Medicaid/Medicare (CMS), which means that we care for patients who have Medicare as their insurance coverage. Caring for these patients is extremely important to the hospital and our community. We value our relationship with CMS and abide by their regulations, which are in line with the hospital’s values to provide safe, high quality and affordable health care for all. CMS certified facilities, including York Hospital, meet certain criteria which ensure that the facility has the expertise to provide health care services for all patients. York Hospital is committed to meeting these criteria and participating in regular inspections from CMS, as well as voluntarily reporting any information that we believe CMS should be notified about.
Based on our respect for CMS as well as our pledge to excellent patient care and full transparency, York Hospital recently self-reported to CMS about an instance which questions our compliance with their regulations. During this instance, our esteemed clinical staff made the safety and wishes of our patients their top priority. There was absolutely no harm to the patients. To maintain our patients’ privacy, we are unable to provide further details about this case. Although, this instance was not in CMS compliance, York Hospital gave preference to our patient’s wellbeing and ensured positive outcomes for them and their families.
York Hospital is taking definitive steps to ensure that, despite the reassuring and positive patient outcomes, the recent situation does not occur again. All York Hospital Caregivers will play a role in our future success. Appropriate and swift corrective actions and root-cause analyses have been completed to maintain York Hospital’s compliance with these important CMS regulations.
Requests for additional information can be directed to Jody Merrill, Director of Marketing at York Hospital, [email protected], 207.351.3958.