Section He-Hea 606.02 - Impact on Health Care Services(a) Notwithstanding He-Hea 606.01(s), applicants proposing to establish or expand fixed MRI services shall demonstrate that the proposed service shall maintain or improve, for the proposed service area, the: (2) Access and availability to health care services; and(3) Cost effectiveness of health care services provided.(b) Demonstration shall be made by submitting with the application:(1) A report identifying quality assurances per He-Hea 606.01(f);(2) A report addressing physicians' ability to access resources which allow them to perform health care services or obtain admitting privileges at existing licensed facilities including correspondence from physicians intending to refer patients to the licensed facility or provider owned entity intending to offer fixed MRI services;(3) To the extent data is available, a statistical report in the application which shows how the proposed project is projected to affect health care services in the proposed service area in terms of:d. Physician referral patterns; and(4) Correspondence, if any, from other facilities in the service area regarding the impact of the proposed project on their existing health care services including their continued ability to: a. Maintain quality health care services;b. Provide essential community services;c. Provide emergency services; andd. Provide charity care; and(5) A report in the application addressing how the establishment or expansion of fixed MRI services will not have a detrimental impact on health services within the proposed service area.N.H. Admin. Code § He-Hea 606.02
#5453, eff 8-28-92; ss by #5754, eff 12-14-93; ss by #7156, INTERIM, eff 12-15-99, EXPIRED: 4-13-00
New. #7268, eff 5-10-00, EXPIRED: 5-10-08
New. #9260, eff 9-13-08