CNN report on high mortality rate for babies at a Florida hospital leads to inquiry
Source: CNN
(CNN)The Federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched an investigation into deaths of babies following open heart surgeries at St. Mary's Medical Center in Florida.
The investigation came in response to a CNN story this week that showed between 2011 to 2013, the West Palm Beach hospital had a 12.5% mortality rate for open heart surgery, three times the national average.
"We take these allegations very seriously. CMS is actively investigating these complaints," Aaron Albright, a spokesman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, wrote in an email. The agency is investigating because most of the patients who had heart surgery at St. Mary's were Medicaid patients.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/05/health/st-marys-medical-center-investigation/index.html
Okay... having a hard time figuring this one out (via Google); WHO OWNS THIS "hospital"???? HCA???
For-profit healthcare in this country is an overwhelming success... for SHAREHOLDERS. It is an overwhelming FAILURE for everyone else.
THIS has GOT to be curbed.
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"Meaningful Use Stage 3". 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_health_record#Meaningful_use
I dig where CMS and the Fed are coming from (the promotion of EMR/EHR), but the HOOPS they are making practices and providers jump thru in Stage 3 is ridiculous.
They should spend their time monitoring the for-profit entities (like HCA) that scam them out of billions every year.
...Gordon Fucking Gekko. 
