Ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Thank you. Our first item is an employee recognition. Welldeserved for dr. Hali hammer and Roland Pickens who is the director of San Francisco Health Network and acting ceo will read the acknowledgement. Good afternoon, everyone. And thank you, commissioner green and commissioners for allowing me this opportunity to say a few words on behalf of someone i have known for many years and who is well deserving of this award and recognition. Dr. Hali hammer, what can i say . We met over 20 years ago at the Family Health center at then, San Francisco General Hospital, now zuckerberg San Francisco hospital, i think you were the associate medical director a few years out of residency and i was an associated administrator and your department was one of the departments i have responsibility for and so, its a pleasure working with you, both 20 years ago and the fact weve been able to Work Together ever since. And
Government ordered laguna hondas closure. Transfer and discharge of 700 patients and the end of the federal funding. By september 13th a mont away. Our lawsuit describes how the federal government put laguna honda and the stele in an impossible situation. With the lives of hundreds of patients at stake. The hospital had challenges, our lawsuit describes our city bent over backwards trying to address issues and keep laguna honda open. Every step we met with resistance by the centers for medicare and medicaid service. Cms rigid in prop and unwilling to collaborate with our city and laguna honda. Our city highlights how the deadline is completely arbitrary. We proposed a recertification press that would not require simultaneously kicking parents out of the hospital. It was rejected by cms. We asked for 18 months to ensure parents transfer and discharged, rejected. Asked phase transfer for vulnerable transferred last, rejected. For weeks willing lag staff called an average of over 1 thousa
Provided critical Skilled Nursing and Rehab Service for our most vulnerable for seniors, family members with disabilities, those who cant take care of themselves. We are here because the federal government ordered laguna hondas closure. Transfer and discharge of 700 patients and the end of the federal funding. By september 13th a mont away. Our lawsuit describes how the federal government put laguna honda and the stele in an impossible situation. With the lives of hundreds of patients at stake. The hospital had challenges, our lawsuit describes our city bent over backwards trying to address issues and keep laguna honda open. Every step we met with resistance by the centers for medicare and medicaid service. Cms rigid in prop and unwilling to collaborate with our city and laguna honda. Our city highlights how the deadline is completely arbitrary. We proposed a recertification press that would not require simultaneously kicking parents out of the hospital. It was rejected by cms. We aske
Ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Thank you. Our first item is an employee recognition. Welldeserved for dr. Hali hammer and Roland Pickens who is the director of San Francisco Health Network and acting ceo will read the acknowledgement. Good afternoon, everyone. And thank you, commissioner green and commissioners for allowing me this opportunity to say a few words on behalf of someone i have known for many years and who is well deserving of this award and recognition. Dr. Hali hammer, what can i say . We met over 20 years ago at the Family Health center at then, San Francisco General Hospital, now zuckerberg San Francisco hospital, i think you were the associate medical director a few years out of residency and i was an associated administrator and your department was one of the departments i have responsibility for and so, its a pleasure working with you, both 20 years ago and the fact weve been able to Work Together ever since. And
Discharge of 700 patients and the end of the federal funding. By september 13th a mont away. Our lawsuit describes how the federal government put laguna honda and the stele in an impossible situation. With the lives of hundreds of patients at stake. The hospital had challenges, our lawsuit describes our city bent over backwards trying to address issues and keep laguna honda open. Every step we met with resistance by the centers for medicare and medicaid service. Cms rigid in prop and unwilling to collaborate with our city and laguna honda. Our city highlights how the deadline is completely arbitrary. We proposed a recertification press that would not require simultaneously kicking parents out of the hospital. It was rejected by cms. We asked for 18 months to ensure parents transfer and discharged, rejected. Asked phase transfer for vulnerable transferred last, rejected. For weeks willing lag staff called an average of over 1 thousand Skilled Nursing fasills in california and the counts