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Retirees and clinicians press SFHSS on out‑of‑county transfers; insurers asked for contracting data
Summary
Multiple public commenters, clinicians and board members urged SFHSS, Kaiser and Blue Shield to investigate and reduce out‑of‑county nursing‑home transfers and to provide contracting lists showing in‑county skilled‑nursing capacity; insurers agreed to provide lists and follow up with HSS staff.
At the Nov. 13 Health Service Board meeting, multiple retirees, clinicians and community advocates urged the board to address reports that San Francisco residents are being discharged to out‑of‑county nursing homes, sometimes far from family and advocates.
Dr. Teresa Palmer, a retired Laguna Honda physician, told the board, "We know that there's somewhere around 1000 people a year that are transferred," and argued that hospitals push to vacate beds quickly without fully informing patients of CMS/Medicare rights to appropriate skilled‑nursing placements. She asked the board to convene a working…
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