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Laguna Honda recertification effort underway; CMS pause gives city until Nov. 13 to prepare
Summary
Interim CEO Roland Pickens updated the Board of Supervisors on steps to regain Medicare/Medicaid certification after a federal decertification, including two mock surveys, a large staff retraining program, consultant support and a temporary pause on patient transfers through Nov. 13.
Laguna Honda Hospital’s interim chief executive, Roland Pickens, told a committee of the whole of the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 13 that the hospital is focused on recertification with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) after being decertified earlier this year.
Pickens said the decertification stemmed from a sequence of state surveys triggered by incidents and follow‑up inspections; CMS’s statutory rules required termination of participation when not all deficiencies were resolved within a six‑month window. That step, Pickens said, put at risk the hospital’s federal funding stream he estimated at roughly $500,000 per day.
City and Laguna Honda leaders have since pursued a two‑track plan: immediately address compliance gaps and pursue recertification while negotiating with CMS to halt forced patient transfers.…
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