Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 40 - CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM › Rule 4 - Review › Section 4-2 - Comparative review; points value

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-29-7-19
Affected: IC 16-29-7
Sec. 2.
(a) When
				required, the commissioner shall perform a comparative review on a certificate
				of need application in accordance with IC 16-29-7-14.
(b) For comparative review described in
				subsection (a), the commissioner shall apply the following points values, with
				a maximum total value of one hundred (100) points, for the factors listed in IC
				16-29-7-12(d):
(1) The need that the
				population served or proposed to be served has for the services to be provided
				upon implementation of a project detailed in the certificate of need
				application is weighted with fifteen (15) points.
(2) The quality of care provided in previous
				or existing comprehensive care health facilities owned or operated by the
				applicant, including responses to resident and family satisfaction surveys, is
				weighted with fifteen (15) points.
(3) The applicant's plan to meet the staffing
				requirements for the project as required by
				410 IAC 16.2-3.1-2(c)(6)
				 is weighted with ten (10) points.
(4) The short term and long term financial
				feasibility, the cost effectiveness of the project, and the financial impact
				upon the applicant, other providers, health care consumers, and the state's
				Medicaid program is weighted with ten (10) points.
(5) The historical, current, and projected
				use of the facility if the application is for a project that involves an
				existing comprehensive care health facility is weighted with five (5)
				points.
(6) The relationship of the
				project to the applicant's long range plan and the planning process employed is
				weighted with five (5) points.
(7)
				The effectiveness of the project in meeting the health care needs of medically
				underserved groups, including:
(A) low income
				individuals;
(B) individuals with
				disabilities; and
(C) minorities;
				and, if applicable, the applicant's historical experience in meeting the needs
				of the underserved groups is weighted with ten (10) points.
(8) The availability of and impact
				on ancillary and support services that relate to the project, including:
(A) dental care;
(B) diagnostics;
(C) laboratory;
(D) pharmaceutical;
(E) therapy;
(F) transportation;
(G) vision; and (H) x-ray; is weighted with
				five (5) points.
(9) The
				extent to which the project, the facility, and the applicant comply with
				applicable standards for licensure, certification, and other approvals is
				weighted with five (5) points.
(10)
				The historical performance of the applicant and affiliated parties in complying
				with previously granted certificate of need applications is weighted with five
				(5) points.
(11) The public
				comments submitted to the department under IC 16-29-7-13 are weighted with five
				(5) points.
(12) The applicant's
				legal right or demonstration of a future legal right to the beds proposed to be
				transferred under the application is weighted with five (5) points.
(13) Any other information deemed relevant by
				the department concerning the need for the comprehensive care beds or the
				comprehensive care health facility requested on the application is weighted
				with five (5) points.