Kyri, a 2008 graduate of Parkland's physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program, alleged that during his three-year tenure at Parkland, the hospital submitted claims for consultations that were never ordered by patients' primary-care physicians and that he and other residents performed certain procedures without the required supervision of teaching physicians.
Though the hospital has not admitted liability, the proposed corporate integrity agreement—which outlines certain requirements related to compliance, ethics, clinical quality, patient safety and reporting procedures—requires Parkland to be monitored by both a billing review organization and a quality review organization.
“We consider this proposed settlement a fair resolution that allows Parkland to continue moving forward with the improvements we have been making in the areas of quality and patient safety,” Parkland's interim CEO Robert Smith said in a release. “The fulfillment of the terms of this CIA will make Parkland stronger and more successful and will help reassure regulators, the public and our patients that Parkland is committed to a new culture of accountability, compliance, quality and safety.”
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