SF's Laguna Honda Hospital To Remain Open After Federal Funding Extended Through November 2023

CBS San Francisco

October 13, 2022

Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center serving hundreds of low-income patients, will remain open through most of next year thanks a new deal that secured additional federal funding, the city attorney announced Wednesday.

The 150-year-old facility, owned and operated by the city's Department of Public Health, was slated to shut operations by November 13, the date when residents' Medicare/Medicaid payments would run out after an initial extension. In August, the city filed suit against the federal government over its decision to cut off funding to the nursing home and order the facility to wind down operations, transferring or discharging all of its nearly 700 patients.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ended Laguna Honda's participation in its Medicare/Medicaid programs in April after the hospital was found out of compliance on multiple safety inspections, including finding contraband like drug paraphernalia on site, and failure to adhere to hand hygiene, documentation and infection prevention protocols.

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