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Laguna Honda staff report progress on Medicare recertification; one deficiency from anonymous complaint remains under correction
Summary
San Francisco Health Network CEO Roland Pickens told the Health Commission the facility has achieved Medicaid recertification and is awaiting final Medicare recertification; two plans of correction are being finalized and submitted to CDPH, and one deficiency tied to an anonymous complaint remains under correction.
Roland Pickens, director and CEO of the San Francisco Health Network, updated the Health Commission on the status of Laguna Honda Hospital's Medicare and Medicaid recertification process, reporting that the facility achieved Medicaid recertification in August 2023 but still requires Medicare recertification before admissions resume.
“Since announcing our recertification in August of 2023 in the Medicaid program, we've received many questions about what this means for accepting new admissions,” Pickens said, adding that Medicaid recertification was secured but that full CMS recertification requires Medicare approval.
Pickens said survey teams visited Laguna Honda in April for the…
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