Broughton decision won't be appealed – Morganton News-Herald

Timeline set for construction of new hospital

Morganton – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services likely won’t try to appeal a legislative law judge’s decision that the federal agency should never have pulled its funding from the hospital.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services pulled funding from Broughton in August 2007 after two deaths at the hospital. The funding was re-instated in July after it went through a shakeup of management, including removing Broughton’s director Seth Hunt, and a thorough review process.

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