18 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)

 

HEART/LUNG, AND LIVER (HLL) TRANSPLANTATION SERVICES

 

Final Approval by the CON Commission 6/14/12 and Effective 9/28/12

 

The language changes include the following:

 

1.      Section 1: Modified for consistency with other CON review standards.

2.      Section 2: Definitions used only in certain section(s) have been moved to the applicable section to make it easier for the reader to identify the defined terms, and other definitions have been updated. Specifically:

•      “Comparative group” - has been moved to Section 7.

•      “Initiate” or “implement” - has been moved to Section 3.

•      “Qualifying project” - has been moved to Section 7.

•      “Medicaid” – has been updated.

3.      Section 6:  Moved Medicaid participation requirements to its own section consistent with other CON review standards.

4.      Section 8:  Divided requirements into distinct groups: quality assurance, access to care, monitoring and reporting, and specialized services.

5.      Appendix A:  Health Service Areas moved to an Appendix consistent with other CON review standards.

6.      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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