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Laguna Honda recertified for Medi‑Cal; Medicare review pending as hospital ramps up operations
Summary
At a committee‑of‑the‑whole hearing Sept. 26, city and health officials outlined progress toward full recertification of Laguna Honda Hospital, noting Medicaid (Medi‑Cal) recertification effective Sept. 5, continued work for Medicare certification, and an incremental approach to resuming new admissions.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, sitting as a committee of the whole on Sept. 26, heard city Department of Public Health officials and Laguna Honda leadership describe progress toward full federal certification of Laguna Honda Hospital and the steps needed before the hospital can resume new admissions.
Roland Pickens, director of the San Francisco Health Network and interim Laguna Honda CEO through the transition, told the board that the California Department of Public Health and the California Department of Health Care Services recertified Laguna Honda as a Medicaid (Medi‑Cal) provider and that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has set Sept. 5 as the formal Medicaid recertification date after administrative review. “We are now preparing for a thorough and rigorous facility wide full CMS Medicare certification that can come at…
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