University of Chicago Medical Center heads off Medicare penalty for medical error

University of Chicago Medical Center heads off Medicare penalty for medical error



News that the federal government had threatened to strip a key financial lifeline at the University of Chicago Medical Center after the death of Chicago business executive James Tyree reflects how seriously the government and health industry are dealing with medical errors.


Following an investigation into Tyree's death, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in a public notice Wednesday that it was terminating U. of C.'s Medicare payments on April 28. It determined "deficiencies … so serious they constitute an immediate threat to patient health and safety."

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Editor's note: Your ProbateShark is concerned with Medicare and Medicaid payments going into OBRA trust accounts that are intended to benefit helpless disabled wards. These OBRA accounts are used to pay lawyers rather than support the wards. In one case the benefits for the ward were about $500.00 and the court parasites got over $60,000.  Any FEDS interested who are presently investigating U of C, please contact your ProbateShark for case numbers and details.  Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com