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of Need (CON)
Consistent
oversight by the Office of Health Care Access (OHCA) of non-hospital
facilities, such as outpatient surgical centers, imaging centers,
and other healthcare facilities helps to ensure a uniform
standard of quality, and is essential to creating a "level
playing field" for the development and implementation of healthcare
services in Connecticut. CHA supports equitable and uniform
application of Certificate of Need (CON) requirements to ensure
fairness, patient safety, and access to high quality care.
Related
Resources
Click
here to read CHA's petition to participate in a declaratory
ruling proceeding (scheduled for August 30, 2005) that the
Office of Health Care Access (OHCA) initiated to define the
term "imaging centers" for purposes of Certificate of Need
(CON) application and reporting requirements.
Click
here to read CHA's prefiled testimony for the OHCA declaratory
ruling proceeding on CON.
Related
Testimony
Thursday,
March 16, 2006
SB
647, An Act Concerning Surgical Services
CHA
testified in support of this bill, which improves existing
law by ensuring that all outpatient surgical facilities,
regardless of ownership structure, abide by certificate
of need laws and by physical plant requirements that recognize
the best interests of patients.
Click
here to view CHA's testimony on SB 647.
Monday,
March 13, 2006
HB
5468, An Act Concerning Certificate Of Need Capital Expenditure
Thresholds and SB 386, An Act Concerning Revisions To The
Office Of Health Care Access Statutes
CHA
testified in support of HB 5468, which would increase the
certificate of need threshold for all capital expenditures,
including major medical equipment, to three million dollars,
and SB 386, which would eliminate obsolete provisions, and
makes technical and minor language changes to the Office
of Health Care statutes.
Click
here to view CHA's testimony on HB 5468 and SB 386.
SB
621, An Act Concerning Outpatient Surgical Facilities
CHA
testified in opposition to this bill which would reduce
the oversight of outpatient surgical facilities by the Office
of Health Care Access and Department of Public Health.
Click
here to view CHA's testimony on SB 621.
Monday,
January 31, 2005
SB
933, An Act Clarifying Licensing
Requirements For Outpatient Surgical Facilities
CHA
submitted testimony in support of this bill, which clarifies
the applicability of certain requirements in Public Act
04-249 to outpatient surgical facilities that were in operation
on or before July 1, 2003 or that had obtained, on or before
July 1, 2003, a determination from the Office of Health
Care Access that a certificate of need was not required.
Click
here to view the testimony.
Thursday,
March 11, 2004
HB
5531, An Act Concerning Regulation Of Outpatient Surgical
Facilities
Click
here to view the testimony of CHA Vice President and General
Counsel Pat Monahan.
Click
here to view the testimony of Richard Pugh, President &
CEO, New Milford Hospital.
SB
562, An Act Concerning The Conversion Of Nonprofit Hospitals
SB 563, An Act Concerning The Certificate Of Need Process
CHA Vice President and General Counsel Pat Monahan testified
on this bill.
Click
here to view the testimony.
Tuesday,
March 25, 2003
SB
1148, An Act Concerning Outpatient Surgical Facilities
Testimony
from several member institutions and a CHA staff member
was given to the Public Health Committee in support of this
bill, which would require outpatient surgical facilities
using specified levels of sedation or anesthesia to obtain
a license from the Department of Public Health (DPH) and
a Certificate of Need (CON) from the Office of Health Care
Access (OHCA).
Click
here to view the testimony of Carrie Brady, Vice President
for Patient Care and Regulatory Services, CHA.
Click
here to view the testimony of Richard E. Pugh, President
& CEO,
New
Milford Hospital.
Click
here to view the testimony of R. Christopher Hartley, Senior
Vice President,
St.
Francis Hospital and Medical Center.
Click
here to view the testimony of Yale New Haven Health System.
Click
here to view the testimony of Ronald J. Bianchi, Corporate
Senior Vice President,
St.
Vincent's Medical Center.
Click
here to view the testimony of Kevin Kinsella, Vice President,
Hartford Hospital.
Click
here to view the testimony of Marc H. Lory, President and
CEO,
Eastern
Connecticut Health Network (ECHN).
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