After this methodology becomes effective, applicants for new inpatient psychiatric beds will be required to select a category (Child/Adolescent, Adult, Geriatric) for which they are seeking inpatient psychiatric beds. Applicants may apply for more than one inpatient psychiatric category if a need is shown. See Section (3) (c), below regarding new beds.
Note: This new methodology is intended for planning purposes. The declaration of psychiatric beds by category on the Hospital Annual Report is not intended to preclude providers from using their psychiatric beds as necessary to address seasonal needs and surge situations. If a hospital determines that it needs to permanently change its psychiatric bed allocation, a new CON will be required. This new methodology, however, does not apply to pediatric specialty hospital providers, and is not intended: to preclude pediatric specialty hospital providers from using their pediatric specialty beds to provide pediatric psychiatric services, as necessary; to require such providers to report or declare via the SHPDA Hospital Annual Report their pediatric specialty beds used for pediatric psychiatric services as psychiatric beds, with related patient days, by inpatient category; or require such providers to obtain a CON for any new or additional use of their pediatric specialty beds for the provision of any pediatric specialty services, including pediatric psychiatric services.
To calculate regional occupancy:
Total patient days/(Beds operating x days in Reporting Period)
To calculate beds needed to get the region to 70 percent (70%) occupancy:
Total beds needed to reach 70 percent (70%) occupancy rate minus current beds in operation.
The total patient days and the beds in operation used for the calculations shall come from the information reported to SHPDA through the most recent Hospital Annual Report.
The following is an example of how the regional methodology would be calculated if a single region had 25,000 adult patient days and 90 adult beds:
To calculate the regional occupancy:
25,000 adult days/(90 beds operating x days in Reporting Period) = 76% regional occupancy
To calculate beds needed to have a 70%t occupancy:
(25,000 adult days/days in Reporting Period)/.70 = 98 total beds needed for that occupancy level
Beds needed (98) minus current beds (90) = 8 additional adult beds needed for the region.
For a listing of Hospitals providing inpatient psychiatric services or the most current statistical need projections in Alabama contact the Data Division as follows:
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Appendix A
Psychiatric Care Regions
North Central Region | North Region |
Blount | Colbert |
Calhoun | Cullman |
Cherokee | Franklin |
Chilton | Jackson |
Clay | Lauderdale |
Cleburne | Lawrence |
Coosa | Limestone |
DeKalb | Madison |
Etowah | Marshall |
Jefferson | Morgan |
Randolph | |
Shelby | |
St. Clair | Southwest Region |
Talladega | Baldwin |
Tallapoosa | Clarke |
Walker | Conecuh |
Escambia | |
Mobile | |
Southeast Region | Monroe |
Autauga | Washington |
Barbour | |
Bullock | |
Butler | West Region |
Chambers | Bibb |
Coffee | Choctaw |
Covington | Fayette |
Crenshaw | Greene |
Dale | Hale |
Dallas | Lamar |
Elmore | Marengo |
Geneva | Marion |
Henry | Perry |
Houston | Pickens |
Lee | Sumter |
Lowndes | Tuscaloosa |
Macon | Winston |
Montgomery | |
Pike | |
Russell | |
Wilcox |
Ala. Admin. Code r. 410-2-4-.10
Author: Statewide Health Coordinating Council (SHCC)
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-21-260(4).