Joan Rivers death is being reviewed as Upper East Side clinic Yorkville Endoscopy failed a recent inspection following the late "Fashion Police" host's botched operation.
According to a report from Page Six, officials are planning to take away the Medicare reimbursements of Yorkville Endoscopy. The said facility is believed to have played a role in Joan Rivers' untimely death last September 4.
The late TV icon suffered from a cardiac arrest while they performed a throat procedure at Yorkville Endoscopy. Joan Rivers' death came a week after the procedure.
Bad conditions found at Yorkville Endoscopy by health officials supposedly included violations in surgical services, patient rights, management, and staffing.
The details on the inspection were revealed in a letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent to Yorkville Endoscopy.
The said group is part of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services in New York. Yorkville Endoscopy has been given 30 days to respond to their full inspection report.
The inspection could solidify the multi-million dollar lawsuit filed against Yorkville Endoscopy by the late Joan Rivers' only daughter, Melissa Rivers.
According to an earlier Joan Rivers news report from New York Daily News, the 46-year-old only daughter of the late comedienne signed Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Maloof, Bloom and Rubinowitz. The group will reportedly proceed with a lawsuit to be filed against the Upper East Side clinic allegedly responsible for the TV icon's untimely death.
The said Joan Rivers news was confirmed by managing partner Ben Rubinowitz: "In order to fully determine all the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of Joan Rivers, we confirm that our firm has been engaged by Melissa Rivers and her family."
New York Daily News reported that The Gair firm has previously been involved with other high-profile cases. One of their cases was a $3 million litigation settlement for Amadou Diallo, who died after being shot with 41 police bullets in his Bronx apartment in February 1999, said the report.
