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Article: USC liver center to stay open
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- January 17, 2007
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Courtney Willis
University Wire
01-17-2007
(Daily Trojan) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- The University of Southern California University Hospital has salvaged its liver transplantation program after the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reported "standard-level deficiencies within the program."
The program was allowed to stay open after the hospital provided the center an acceptable plan of correction, said Deborah Romero, the western consortium survey and certification operations manager for CMS.
The plan, which has already gone into effect, outlines specific changes to be made to the hospital's employment policies.
The job ...