10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 502, § 4-I

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 144-502-4-I - PRIMARY CARE GRANTEES

The grantee must also meet all of the following criteria:

A. Arrangements for services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week;

B. Full hospital privileges for all Primary care physicians or arrangements to refer patients for inpatient hospital care and specialist services. Arrangements must be in writing or the provider must be able to demonstrate that patients are being accepted and treated;

C. Provisions for follow-up care from the hospital or specialist to the patients primary care provider;

D. Access to ancillary services including laboratory, pharmacy and radiology;

E. Linkage to the Women, Infant and Children Special Supplemental Food Program (WIC), nutritional counseling, social and other support services;

F. Acceptance without limits of Medicaid and Maine Health Program patients and uninsured persons, including public notice of appropriate sliding fee scales;

G. A medical record system with arrangements for the transfer of records to the hospital, the specialist and their return to the primary care physician;

H. Quality assurance mechanisms to evaluate the Quality and appropriateness of patient care; and

I. Evidence of community-wide input into the design and provision of health services to be funded by the grant (such as community based councils, Public meetings, etc.)

J. Assurance that access will be provided for pregnant and parenting teens if providing prenatal care services.

10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 502, § 4-I