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Regulation Proposed on Nov 29, 2005 For Construction of an Additional Hospital in the State of Kentucky.

An application to add acute care beds, for the purpose of constructing or establishing a new hospital, shall be consistent with this Plan if the following criteria are met: 

1. The overall occupancy of existing acute care beds in the ADD exceeds eighty (80) percent according to the most recent edition of the Kentucky Annual Hospital Utilization and Services Report; or

2. The applicant documents the nearest existing licensed hospital to the applicant’s proposed site has encountered or demonstrated one of the following conditions:  

• a. Medicare or Medicaid certification was revoked;
   
  
• b. Accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations was revoked;
   
  
• c. A documented history of uncorrected quality control problems which threaten the life, health and safety of the hospital’s patients. Examples may include higher than normal rates of preventable hospitalization, medication errors, or hospital acquired infections; or
   
• d. A historically and significantly higher negotiated rate for providing identical services as similar licensed hospitals.  

3.  The applicant shall further demonstrate the ability to identify and retain appropriately trained, experienced or licensed personnel and the applicant’s policies and protocols will achieve appropriate efficiency and clinical effectiveness associated with care and treatment provided to potential patients.  The applicant shall also include a documented plan to control, if not prevent, all quality or costs problems experienced by the licensed hospital identified with respect to criteria 2 above.

4.  The applicant shall further demonstrate the ability and intent to provide the same clinical services provided by the licensed hospital identified with respect to criteria 2 above.  

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To view the entire proposed and adopted KY Health Care Plan click on the links below:

Click Here To View the Proposed Kentucky Healthcare Plan

Click Here To View the Jan 31, 2006 Adopted Kentucky Healthcare Plan

Click Here To View the May 12, 2006 Adopted Kentucky Healthcare Plan