South Central Regional Medical Center

South Central Regional Medical Center
Map
Geography
Location1220 Jefferson Street, Laurel, Mississippi, United States
Coordinates31°41′07″N 89°08′27″W / 31.68516°N 89.14072°W / 31.68516; -89.14072
Organization
Care systemPublic
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeRegional
Services
Emergency departmentLevel III
Beds285
History
Opened1952
Links
Websitescrmc.com
ListsHospitals in Mississippi

South Central Regional Medical Center was founded in 1952 and is currently a 285-bed, public not-for-profit hospital located in Laurel, Mississippi. The hospital primarily serves a four-county area: Jones County, Jasper County, Wayne County and Smith County. The stated focus of the South Central Regional Medical Center Health System is to provide excellent healthcare services to the residents of South Central Mississippi and to improve the quality of life in the region.

South Central has more than 80 physicians on staff representing 28 medical specialties, with over 2,100 employees throughout the health system.

SCRMC has been named a COVID-19 Center of Excellence by the Mississippi State Department of Health; and is a certified Baby-Friendly facility by Baby-Friendly USA.

In 2013 and 2014, the facility's average length of stay was about 4.6 days and its Medicaid utilization rate was near 70 percent.[1]

Hospital rating data

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, consistently gave SCRMC a "C" Safety Grade from the first quarter of 2020 to the last quarter of 2023. As of the first quarter of 2024, the grade dropped to a "D".[2]

Government penalization

In 2015, SCRMC settled a case with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for nearly $319,000 regarding claims for emergency ambulance transportation to destinations such as nursing facilities and patient residences that should have been billed at the lower non-emergency rate.[3]

In 2016, SCRMC was one of three hospitals in Mississippi to have their payments cut all three years that Medicaid had issued penalties for patient injuries.[4]

In January 2022, after it self-disclosed conduct to the OIG, South Central Regional Medical Center (SCRMC), Mississippi, agreed to pay $92,793.81 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law. The OIG alleged that SCRMC employed an individual that it knew or should have known was excluded from participation in Federal health care programs.[5]

References

  1. ^ "South Central Regional Medical Center Expansion/MOB" (PDF). Mississippi State Department of Health. August 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade". Hospitalsafetygrade.org. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Mississippi Ambulance Company Settles Case Involving False Claims". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  4. ^ Campbell, Larrison (December 22, 2016). "14 Mississippi hospitals penalized for patient injuries". Mississippi Today. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  5. ^ "South Central Regional Medical Center Agreed to Pay $92,000 for Allegedly Violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law by Employing an Excluded Individual". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. January 19, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2024.


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