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Laguna Honda staff say Medicare survey could arrive any day as leadership hires and discharges continue
Summary
San Francisco Department of Public Health officials told the Health Commission they are preparing for a Medicare recertification survey, have hired two directors of nursing and report 15 residents discharged who no longer meet skilled-nursing criteria, with 10 more prioritized and 75 identified in total.
San Francisco Department of Public Health leaders told the Health Commission that Laguna Honda Hospital is steadily preparing for a Medicare provider certification survey and has taken steps to strengthen leadership and discharge planning.
Acting CEO Mark Pickens said the hospital has onboarded two directors of nursing, Tracy Brown and Michael Collins, and is close to hiring a chief medical officer. "We are now then in the window awaiting the actual survey process to ensue," Pickens said, describing a CMS-directed change-of-information application and a new Medicare application filed in mid-September.
Pickens told commissioners…
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