Section He-Hea 2006.02 - Impact on Health Care Services(a) Applicants proposing to establish or expand fixed PET services shall demonstrate that the proposed service will 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 that quality of care, and access, availability and cost effectiveness will be improved or maintained shall be made by submitting with the application: (1) A report identifying quality assurances pursuant to He-Hea 2006.01(g);(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 intending to offer fixed PET 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 PET services will not have a detrimental impact on health services within the proposed service area.N.H. Admin. Code § He-Hea 2006.02
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