Laguna Honda is now racing against its deadline of November 13, when federal regulators could end temporary Medi-Cal and Medicaid payment extensions.
Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center experienced its largest COVID-19 outbreak to date in August, more than two years after the height of the pandemic, hospital officials said during a public hearing before the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
The update comes as Laguna Honda is seeking to gain recertification after the facility was stripped of federal funding in April following a series of failed safety and regulatory inspections. “We are confident … that we will be successful when we do submit for Medicaid and Medi-Cal recertification,” Pickens said.
Also last month, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to force CMS to continue funding Laguna Honda until appeals over the April decertification decision could be heard. Pickens told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday he hopes to apply for recertification by the November deadline. But he couldn’t confirm whether that could happen.
In the meantime, daily operations must continue for the more than 600 medically fragile patients, many of whom would have nowhere to go if the hospital closed. San Francisco and California face a dearth of nursing home options, in particular those that serve low-income elderly adults.
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