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Sep 25, 2008 4:32 pm US/Pacific

UCI Hospital Records Under Investigation

ORANGE, Calif. (AP) ― A University of California, Irvine hospital could lose its federal funding after state inspectors discovered that doctors had filled out anesthesiology records and surgery outcomes before the procedures were completed.

The Orange County Register reported Thursday on its Web site that it obtained the inspectors' report and a certified letter to the administrator at UCI Medical Center from Medicare officials.

The Aug. 15 letter says investigators, who visited the hospital on May 10, found records deficiencies that substantially limit the hospital's capacity to render adequate care to patients.

The report did not describe any patient harm from the faulty records.

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