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Laguna Honda interim CEO outlines 460‑milestone plan to win CMS recertification; CMS pauses involuntary transfers
Summary
Interim CEO Roland Pickens told the San Francisco Health Commission the hospital’s Quality Improvement Expert and Laguna Honda staff have established about 460 corrective milestones, completed 126 in January, and are targeting full remediation by May 13 while awaiting CMS feedback. CMS agreed Feb. 1 to pause involuntary transfers, allowing the hospital to focus on recertification.
Roland Pickens, interim CEO of Laguna Honda Hospital, told the San Francisco Health Commission that the hospital and a CMS‑approved Quality Improvement Expert (Health Services Advisory Group) have put in place about 460 corrective milestones intended to address deficiencies identified during surveys that led to decertification.
"All 126 milestones for the month of January were met," Pickens said, and he added the hospital expects roughly 130 milestones due in February as part of the settlement agreement’s timetable. He said Laguna Honda submitted an action plan on Jan. 6, revised that plan after CMS feedback and the first 90‑day monitoring survey, and re‑submitted a revised action plan on Jan. 31 and an updated closure plan on Feb. 2; both remain under CMS review.
Pickens told commissioners the 460…
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