Year: 2005
Resolution Number: 12
Action Taken: Referred to the Board
Status:
Author(s): Kenneth J. Edwards, MD
Sponsor: David R. White, DO, Berrien County
On behalf of:
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS urge the Governor and the Certificate of Need (CON) Commission to distinguish between existing programs and requests for new programs regarding volume requirements; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS urge the Governor and the Certificate of Need (CON)Commission to allow existing programs that fall below the volume requirements but otherwise meet CON criteria to continue to serve their populations; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS urge the Governor and the Certificate of Need (CON)Commission to consider more objective outcome data, changes in technology, the quality of the program, and the needs of the community when evaluating cardiac surgery programs.
RESOLVED: That MSMS urge the Governor and the Certificate of Need (CON) Commission to distinguish between existing programs and requests for new programs regarding volume requirements; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS urge the Governor and the Certificate of Need (CON)Commission to allow existing programs that fall below the volume requirements but otherwise meet CON criteria to continue to serve their populations; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS urge the Governor and the Certificate of Need (CON)Commission to consider more objective outcome data, changes in technology, the quality of the program, and the needs of the community when evaluating cardiac surgery programs.
Fiscal Note: NULL