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Health Department submits revised waiver to CMS to restore Laguna Honda
Summary
San FranciscoDepartment of Public Health filed a 119page waiver asking CMS to allow Laguna Honda Hospital to keep 120 skilled nursing beds that CMS previously declined to certify; Director Daniel Tsai told the Health Commission the city is awaiting CMSresponse and may pursue further steps if denied.
San Francisco Department of Public Health Director Daniel Tsai told the Health Commission that the department resubmitted a 119-page waiver request to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeking approval to bring 120 Laguna Honda Hospital (LHH) skilled-nursing beds back online after a prior CMS denial. Tsai said the letter argues that Laguna Honda was certified before the February 2016 CMS rule limiting room occupancy and that, even if the rule applied, the facilitymeets or exceeds the ruletests.
Why it matters: The 120 beds have been offline since decertification and recertification issues; the department says restoring them is a priority to reduce out-of-county discharges and improve local…
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