Health

Human Services Taking Alternative Routes To Keep SeaView Nursing Home Open

ST. THOMAS -- The SeaView Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center that was given notice of decertification by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid earlier this month, remains in limbo as June 30, the last day CMS will reimburse the facility for medicare and medicaid payments, draws near. The federal agency's decision could reek havoc at SeaView and bring about the facility's end, but the Department of Human Services (DHS) Commissioner nominee, Vivian Ebbesen-Fludd, said through a press release issued on Wednesday that officials at DHS are seeking alternative routes to keep the facility afloat while discussions continue with CMS. "As indicated by Acting Governor Osbert E. Potter, we remain keenly aware of the CMS decertification of SeaView Nursing Home," said Ebbesen-Fludd. "To that end, the Department of Human Services has and continues to be engaged in lengthy discussions with the Department of Health and Commissioner nominee Dr. Phyllis Wallace and members of the community ...