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Health Commission holds Proposition Q hearing as CPMC proposes to realign skilled nursing beds

San Francisco Health Commission · June 17, 2014
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Summary

CPMC told the Health Commission it will realign skilled nursing facility (SNF) beds across four campuses and operate 75 staffed SNF beds; nurses, unions and community groups called the changes closures and urged the commission to find a detrimental impact. The commission requested more data and scheduled a second hearing for July 15.

The Health Commission held the first of two required Proposition Q hearings after California Pacific Medical Center notified the city it planned to realign skilled nursing facility beds across its campuses, a plan CPMC says preserves overall services while opponents called it a reduction in access that will harm San Francisco residents.

Deputy Director Colleen Chavla explained the Prop Q process and gave the master plan context: San Francisco currently has licensed capacity of roughly 212 SNF beds across the CPMC system but typically staffs far fewer; CPMC reported 99 staffed beds in recent months and said it proposes to staff 75 beds…

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