Mapp Approves $7 Million For JFL, Warns Of Gov't Inability To Fund Hospitals' 'Inefficiencies'
- Ernice Gilbert
- March 28, 2015
Governor Kenneth Mapp has approved section 8 of Bill No. 31-0062, which appropriates $7 million to the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital (JFL) to fund the implementation of the System Improvement Agreement (SIA) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Hospital officials have long been making their case for the money, which they say is an indelible part of passing CMS's inspections, expected to take place in August. At a press conference held at the hospital's Cardiac Center on St. Croix, JFL CEO Dr. Kendall Griffith said the hospital had made “great strides” and “continues to improve” since the SIA was made effective over three months ago. He said JFL has “heard CMS” and had initiated staff training in various areas, in addition to making key staff appointments. Griffith did not not specify, however, how many of the tasks had been completed or how much of the funding the hospital had received to complete those tasks. JFL has until August to become compliant w...
