6 CERTIFICATE OF NEED REVIEW STANDARDS

 

CERTIFICATE OF NEED (CON) REVIEW STANDARDS SYNOPSIS FOR PUBLICATION IN THE MICHIGAN REGISTER

PURSUANT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.208(1)(k)

 

 

AIR AMBULANCE SERVICES

 

Final Approval by the CON Commission 6/10/10 and Effective 8/12/10

 

The language changes include the following:

 

1.      Updated the definition of “air ambulance service.” Updated the definition of “air ambulance service.”

2.      Redefined “base of operations.”

3.      Added a definition for “existing air ambulance.”

4.      Expanded the definition of patient transport to include advance life support intercepts.

5.      New definition for organ transport and allowance for an organ transport to count for volume purposes for an air ambulance with two (2) air ambulances or at the time of application for expansion to a second unit.

6.      Modify the expansion language to utilize only historical volume.

7.      Modify the replacement language for an air ambulance to mirror the expansion language within the standards.

8.      Updated the methodology for projecting patient transports.

9.      Updated the project delivery requirements.

10.      Other technical changes.

 

Complete Standards

 

A complete set of the approved language can be found at www.michigan.gov/con. A hard copy may be obtained, for a fee, by sending a written request to:

 

Michigan Department of Community Health Health Policy and Access Division

Health Policy Section Capitol View Building 201 Townsend

Lansing, MI 48913

 

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