Mo. Code Regs. tit. 19 § 60-50.440
Current through Register Vol. 49, No.12, June 17, 2024
Section 19 CSR 60-50.440 - Criteria and Standards for Equipment and New HospitalsPURPOSE: The committee is amending this rule to remove need methodologies for new major medical units, add three (3) full years of utilization data for new/additional units, add robotic surgery utilization requirements, and add three (3) full years of data for new hospital projects.
(1) For new units or services in the service area, use the following: (A) Provide the minimum annual utilization for each of the other providers in the service area for the most recent three (3) full years, if applicable. The provider(s) should achieve at least the following community need rates as follows by the final year: 1. Magnetic resonance imaging procedures: 2,0002. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography procedures: 1,0003. Lithotripsy treatments: 1,0004. Linear accelerator treatments: 3,5005. Cardiac catheterization procedures (include coronary angioplasties): 5006. Gamma knife treatments: 2007. Computed tomography: 3,5008. Robotic surgery system: 240(B) For long-term care hospitals (such as a hospital-within-a-hospital or long-term acute care hospital), the applicant should comply with the standards as described in 42 CFR, section 412.23(e), and the bed need should meet the applicable population-based bed need methodology in 19 CSR 60-50.450;(C) Alternate methodologies may also be provided.(2) For additional units or services, provide the applicant's annual utilization for the most recent three (3) full years, if applicable. The applicant should achieve at least the following community need rates as follows, by the final year:(A) Magnetic resonance imaging procedures: 3,000(B) Positron emission tomography/computed tomography procedures: 1,000(C) Lithotripsy treatments: 1,000(D) Linear accelerator treatments: 6,000(E) Cardiac catheterization procedures: 750(F) Gamma knife treatments: 200(G) Computed tomography: 4,000(H) Robotic surgery system: 240(3) For replacement equipment, utilization standards are not used, but rather the following questions shall be answered:(A) What is the financial rationale for the replacement?(B) How has the existing unit exceeded its useful life in accordance with American Hospital Association guidelines?(C) How does the replacement unit affect quality of care, utilization, and operational efficiencies compared to the existing unit?(D) Is the existing unit in constant need of repair?(E) Has the current lease on the existing unit expired?(F) What technological advances and capabilities will the new unit include?(G) How will patient satisfaction be improved?(H) How will the new unit improve outcomes and/or clinical improvements?(I) By what percentage will this replacement increase patient charges?(4) For the construction of a new hospital, the following questions shall be answered:(A) What methodology was utilized to determine the need for the proposed hospital?(B) Provide the most recent three (3) full years of evidence that the average occupancy of the same type(s) of beds at each other hospital in the proposed service area exceeds eighty percent (80%).(C) What impact would the proposed hospital have on utilization of other hospitals in the service area?(D) What is the unmet need according to the following population-based bed need formula using (Unmet Need = (R x P) - U), where: P = Year 2025 population in the service area;
U = Number of licensed and approved beds in the service area; and
R = Community need rate of one (1) bed per population in the service area as follows:
1. Medical/surgical bed: 5703. Psychiatric bed: 2,0804. Substance abuse/chemical dependency bed: 20,0005. Inpatient rehabilitation bed: 9,090 AUTHORITY: section 197.320, RSMo 2000.* Emergency rule filed Aug. 29, 1997, effective Sept. 8, 1997, expired March 6, 1998. Original rule filed Aug. 29, 1997, effective March 30, 1998. Emergency rescission and rule filed Dec. 14, 2001, effective Jan. 1, 2002, expired June 29, 2002. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Dec. 14, 2001, effective June 30, 2002. Amended: Filed Oct. 1, 2010, effective May 30, 2011. Amended by Missouri Register September 15, 2014/Volume 39, Number 18, effective 10/31/2014Amended by Missouri Register February 3, 2020/Volume 45, Number 3, effective 3/31/2020Amended by Missouri Register December 1, 2022/Volume 47, Number 23, effective 1/29/2023*Original authority: 197.320, RSMo 1979, amended 1993, 1995, 1999.