Feds: Mount Carmel hospitals found not in compliance, could lose funding

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mount Carmel Health System acknowledges it has been placed in what it calls "immediate jeopardy" status for its continued participation in Medicare and Medicaid in wake of a scandal in which 34 patients are believed to have received potentially lethal doses of pain medication.Thirty-three people that died were patients at Mount Carmel West; one patient died at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s in Westerville.In letters from CMS obtained by 10 Investigates, the survey conducted