N.H. Admin. Code § He-Hea 1003.01

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section He-Hea 1003.01 - Service Area

(a) Service areas for each acute care hospital shall be determined by applying the DRGs common to all acute care hospitals in the state based upon the database known as the uniform hospital discharge data set maintained in accordance with RSA 126:25.

(b) A city or town shall be part of the service area of the hospital:

(1) From which a plurality of patients from the town are discharged; and

(2) Is contiguous to the service area to which it is assigned.

(c) Notwithstanding He-Hea 1003.01(b) above, in cases where the city or town is not contiguous to other towns in the hospital service area, the city or town shall be assigned to the hospital service area of the next highest plurality which is contiguous.

(d) Based upon the application of (a) through (c) above, hospital service areas shall be identified as set forth in Table 1003-1 "Service Areas by Hospital," below:

Table 1003-1 Service Areas By Hospital

ALICE PECK DAY HOSPITAL/MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Canaan	Hanover	Orford
Cornish	Lebanon	Springfield
Croydon	Lyme
Enfield	Piermont
Grafton	Plainfield
Grantham	Orange

ANDROSCOGGIN VALLEY HOSPITAL

Berlin	Gorham	Shelburne
Cambridge	Milan	Success
Dummer	Randolph

CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER/ELLIOT HOSPITAL

Auburn	Deerfield	Londonderry
Bedford	Goffstown	Manchester
Candia	Hooksett	New Boston

CHESHIRE HOSPITAL

Alstead	Langdon	Sullivan
Chesterfield	Marlborough	Surry
Fitzwilliam	Marlow	Swanzey
Gilsum	Nelson	Troy
Harrisville	Richmond	Walpole
Hinsdale	Roxbury	Westmoreland
Keene	Stoddard	Winchester

CONCORD HOSPITAL

Allenstown	Deering	Pittsfield
Andover	Dunbarton	Salisbury
Barnstead	Epsom	Warner
Boscawen	Henniker	Washington
Bow	Hillsborough	Webster
Bradford	Hopkinton	Weare
Canterbury	Loudon	Windsor
Chichester	Northwood
Concord	Pembroke

COTTAGE HOSPITAL

Bath	Haverhill
Benton	Monroe

EXETER HOSPITAL

Brentwood	Hampton Falls	Plaistow
Danville	Kensington	Raymond
East Kingston	Kingston	Seabrook
Epping	Newfields	South Hampton
Exeter	Newmarket	Stratham
Fremont	Newton
Hampton	Nottingham

FRISBIE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Farmington	Milton	Rochester
Middleton	New Durham	Strafford

HUGGINS HOSPITAL

Alton	Freedom	Tuftonboro
Brookfield	Ossipee	Wakefield
Effingham	Tamworth	Wolfeboro

LAKES REGION GENERAL HOSPITAL/FRANKLIN REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Danbury	Hill
Franklin	Tilton

LAKES REGION GENERAL HOSPITAL

Belmont	Laconia	Northfield
Center Harbor	Meredith	Sanbornton
Gilford	Moultonborough	Sandwich
Gilmanton	New Hampton

LITTLETON HOSPITAL

Beans Grant	Franconia	Lyman
Bethlehem	Greens Grant	Martins Location
Carroll	Hadleys Purchase	Pinkhams Grant
Chandlers	Landaff	Sargents Purchase
Crawfords	Lisbon	Sugar Hill
Cutts Grant	Littleton	Thompson and Meserve
Easton	Low and Burbanks Grant

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Albany	Conway	Jackson
Bartlett	Eaton	Madison
Beans Purchase	Harts Location
Chatham	Hales Location

MONADNOCK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Antrim	Greenville	Rindge
Bennington	Hancock	Sharon
Dublin	Jaffrey	Temple
Francestown	New Ipswich
Greenfield	Peterborough

NEW LONDON HOSPITAL

Goshen	New London	Wilmot
Newport	Sunapee
Newbury	Sutton

PARKLAND MEDICAL CENTER

Atkinson	Hampstead	Windham
Chester	Salem
Derry	Sandown

PORTSMOUTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Greenland	Newington	Portsmouth
New Castle	North Hampton	Rye

ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL/ SOUTHERN NH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Amherst	Litchfield	Milford
Brookline	Lyndeborough	Mont Vernon
Hollis	Mason	Nashua
Hudson	Merrimack	Wilton

SPEARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Alexandria	Groton	Thornton
Ashland	Hebron	Warren
Bridgewater	Holderness	Waterville
Bristol	Lincoln	Wentworth
Campton	Livermore	Woodstock
Dorchester	Plymouth
Ellsworth	Rumney

UPPER CONNECTICUT VALLEY HOSPITAL

Atkinson and Gilmanton Grant	Dixs Grant	Second College Grant
Clarksville	Dixville	Stewartstown
Colebrook	Ervings Location	Wentworth Location
Columbia	Pittsburg

VALLEY REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Ackworth	Claremont	Unity
Charlestown	Lempster

WEEKS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Dalton	Lancaster	Stark
Errol	Millsfield	Stratford
Jefferson	Northumberland	Whitefield
Kilkenny	Odell

WENTWORTH-DOUGLASS HOSPITAL

Barrington	Lee	Somersworth
Dover	Madbury
Durham	Rollinsford

(e) Notwithstanding (d) above, any party in any proceeding shall have the opportunity to demonstrate a service area different from that shown in Table 1003-1 based on the results of applying the methodology in (b) and (c).

(f) Applicants may identify a secondary service area for its proposed project based on patient origin data specific to patient care services under consideration in the application rather than general patient origin data.

(g) Any party that proposes a service area under (e) or (f) above shall notify any affected acute care hospital of such proposal.

(h) Notification of the proposed service area shall be made in writing with a copy provided to the board as part of the application.

N.H. Admin. Code § He-Hea 1003.01

#4097, eff 7-22-86; ss by #4988, eff 11-21-90; ss by #5236, eff 9-27-91, EXPIRED: 9-27-97

New. #6655, INTERIM, eff 12-18-97, EXPIRED: 4-17-98

New. #6840, eff 8-28-98, EXPIRED: 8-28-06

New. #8742, INTERIM, eff 10-21-06, EXPIRED: 4-19-07

New. #8918, eff 6-22-07; ss by #9457, eff 4-21-09 (from He-Hea 1003.02 )