BLOUNTSTOWN, FL (WTXL) - The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration released a report which found ten deficiencies at Calhoun Liberty Hospital in Blountstown.
The AHCA released the findings from their investigation on Thursday which found deficiencies in patient rights and care, emergency services, and risk management.
“Our Agency found the deficiencies at Calhoun-Liberty Hospital so egregious that the facility will be fined and is required to submit a Plan of Correction by February 19, 2016," AHCA Secretary Elizabeth Dudek said. "If the facility fails to correct their deficiencies by March 1, they will be suspended from participation in the Medicaid program. Our Agency takes very seriously our responsibility to ensure the health and safety of all patients and to hold any health care facility that fails to do so accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
The hospital is required to have a plan of correction submitted to the AHCA within ten days of receiving the complaint. In addition, the hospital will be monitored on a semi-annual basis for the next two years to ensure they are complying with all changes, the AHCA said.
The AHCA began investigating the hospital after the death of 57-year-old Barbara Dawson on December 21, 2015.
