New York City-based Yorkville Endoscopy, the ambulatory surgery center at which Joan Rivers went into cardiac arrest preceding her death, has announced it has a plan to correct its accreditation and safety errors, and CMS has approved the plan, according to a report from ABC News.
CMS has indicated Yorkville will remain open if it passes a surprise inspection. If it does not pass, the clinic will lose its accreditation Jan. 7.
Both the New York State Health Department and HHS found the clinic deficient in several categories following Ms. Rivers' death. Among the findings, the clinic staff failed to accurately document propfol use, photographed Ms. Rivers without her consent during the procedure, failed to identify deterioration in Ms. Rivers' vital signs and did not provide timely intervention to attempt to resuscitate Ms. Rivers.
Yorkville Endoscopy has also agreed to enforce the use of nametags, following the unauthorized performance of a procedure on Ms. Rivers at the center by her personal ENT physician, Gwen Korovin, MD, according to the report.
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