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Laguna Honda closure plan and CMS recertification briefed as community warns transfers risk patient harm
Summary
Laguna Honda leadership reported CMS termination of participation, a state‑approved closure and transfer plan and required bed reductions that will eliminate 120 beds; dozens of callers urged the commission to halt transfers, citing transfer‑related deaths and calling for the city to assume payments or seek waivers.
Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center leaders updated the Health Commission on July 19 about the facility’s closure plan required after Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ended Laguna Honda’s participation and on progress toward CMS recertification.
Baljeet Sanghai, acting as incident commander for recertification efforts, and Dr. Wilmy Hathaway, chief medical officer, told the commission CMS terminated Laguna Honda’s participation effective April 14, 2022. Dr. Hathaway said the CMS and California Department of Public Health (CDPH)‑approved closure and transfer plan was submitted and approved on May 13, which enabled reimbursement through mid‑September while the hospital implements the plan. “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or CMS ended Laguna Honda's participation on April fourteenth of this…
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