Finally.

[kyburg]

The federal action means the hospital is no longer eligible for reimbursement for the costs of caring for Medicare patients. The county has warned that loss of the funding - about half the hospital's budget - would force King-Harbor to close.

The inspections? Carried out by these guys.

Nice to know they have at least one or two teeth left.

This facility is near me. It's a disgrace, to be blunt. I won't send my worst enemy there, and I wouldn't leave a dead cat in its waiting rooms. It's that bad.

Wiki has some more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Commission_on_Accreditation_of_Healthcare_Organizations

Not much, but it's a start.

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[lolleeroberts.livejournal.com]

I noticed one telling turn of phrase there - they "disciplined" workers but "reorganized" management. Things that make me go hmmmmm.

I remember reading about the woman who died and thinking it sounded like something from a Stephen King novel.