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Public commenters urge city to litigate CMS denial as Laguna Honda's 120 skilled nursing beds remain offline
Summary
Several public commenters and clinicians urged the Health Commission to challenge CMS's denial of Laguna Honda Hospital's 120-bed waiver, pressing Director Tsai for clarity on plans to restore skilled nursing capacity and criticizing the department's public messaging that litigation would be unlikely to succeed.
San Francisco
Public commenters at the Health Commission meeting pressed city health officials to pursue legal action to restore Laguna Honda Hospital's 120 skilled nursing beds after a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services waiver denial. Commenters said those beds are part of the city's continuum of care for elderly and disabled residents who rely on Medi-Cal.
Chris Quart Klein (who also identified himself as Sergeant Klein of the U.S. Marine Corps) summarized a multi-year rise in overdoses and suicides and linked part of the increase to changes in local provider structures; while his remarks broadly addressed overdose surveillance, other commenters focused directly on Laguna Honda. A remote commenter criticized a recent SF Health Network press…
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