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Board schedules Jan. 31 committee hearing on Laguna Honda recertification and transfer plan
Summary
The board set a Committee of the Whole hearing for Jan. 31 to review Laguna Honda Hospital’s federal recertification status, fines and the hospital’s plan for patient transfer and relocation; supervisors said the state CMS action and pending city attorney correspondence require follow-up.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to convene as a Committee of the Whole on Jan. 31 to hear an update from the Department of Public Health on Laguna Honda Hospital’s recertification strategy and any patient transfer and relocation plans the department must submit to federal officials.
Supervisor Myrna Melgar, who requested the hearing, told colleagues the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has imposed fines and that the City Attorney had sent a letter seeking formal steps from CMS before resuming transfers. The hearing will ask DPH to present the list of deficiencies, the action plan to…
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