ASHEVILLE – A report obtained by the Citizen Times Feb. 15 detailing what led the federal government to declare an “Immediate Jeopardy” situation at Mission Hospital reveals that three patients died due to missteps at the hospital.
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services declared the Immediate Jeopardy designation following seven incidents that occurred across a 18-month span at the hospital. The incidents pertained to violations in federal patients’ rights, nursing and emergency service conditions for Medicare participation between April 2022 to October 2023.
CMS also found deficiencies related to the hospital’s governing body, responsibility for patient care, quality assurance and performance improvement, staffing and delivery of care, supervision of contract staff, administration of drugs, laboratory services, among other violations.
“The hospital nursing staff failed to ensure a safe environment for the delivery of care to emergency department patients by failing to accept patients on arrival to the emergency department resulting in delays or failure to triage, assess, and implement orders,” the report read.