In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, California Senator Diane Feinstein asked the agency to reverse a decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to terminate Medicare and Medicaid participation for San Francisco’s Laguna Honda Hospital.
CMS cut the hospital’s funding in April after an inspection turned up fresh violations, Healthcare Finance reports.
According to the City of San Francisco, funding was frozen for 30 days due to “compliance issues” at the hospital, with the San Francisco Department of Public Health telling the hospital it needed to crack down on contraband including drug paraphernalia, following a pair of patient overdose incidents.
Laguna Honda is a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center owned and operated by the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Read more.
