


Vanderbilt quickly responds with a “plan of correction” that appeases the federal agency and secures its Medicare reimbursements. CMS threatens to suspend Vanderbilt’s Medicare payments, crippling the hospital’s revenue, if Vanderbilt can not prove it has taken steps to prevent a similar error. CMS releases an investigation report that details the error without identifying Vaught or Murphey. Late November 2018 - The circumstances of the fatal mediation error become public for the first time. The inspection confirms that Murphey died from an accidental dose of vecuronium and that Vanderbilt did not report the medication error to the government or the medical examiner, according to an inspection report. 8, 2018 - In response to the anonymous tip, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services conducts a surprise inspection at Vanderbilt. SOURCE RECORDS: Read the Department of Health letters that cleared RaDonda Vaught
