Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 8 - Office of Health Policy and Planning › Subpart 90 - Planning and Resource Development › Chapter 05 - Acute Care Facilities and Services Overview › Section 15-8-90-05-504 - Certificate of Need Criteria and Standards for Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals/Beds › Section 15-8-90-05-504.02 - Certificate of Need Criteria and Standards for the Establishment of a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital and Addition of Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Beds

Current through June 25, 2024
MSDH will review applications for a CON for the
						construction, development, or otherwise establishment of a long-term acute care
						hospital and bed additions under the applicable statutory requirements of
						Sections 41-7-173,
						41-7-191, and
						41-7-193, Mississippi Code 1972,
						as amended. MSDH will also review applications for CON according to the general
						criteria listed in the
Mississippi Certificate of Need Review
						Manual
; all adopted rules, procedures, and plans of MSDH; and the
						specific criteria and standards listed below.
Need Criterion 1: Projected Need
The applicant shall document a minimum of 450 clinically
						appropriate restorative care admissions with an average length of stay of
						twenty-five (25) days.
Need Criterion 2: Financial
						Feasibility
A projection of financial feasibility by the end of the
						third year of operation.
Need Criterion 3: Bed Licensure
The applicant shall document that any beds which are
						constructed/converted will be licensed as general acute care beds offering
						long-term acute care hospital services.
Need Criterion 4: Licensure
Applicants proposing the transfer/reallocation/relocation
						of a specific category or sub-category of bed/service from another facility as
						part of a renovation, expansion, or replacement project shall document that
						they will meet all regulatory and licensure requirements for the type of
						bed/service proposed for transfer/reallocation/relocation.
Need Criterion 5: Indigent/Charity
						Care
The application shall affirm that the applicant will
						provide a "reasonable amount" of indigent/charity care as described in Chapter
						1 of this
Plan
.
Need Criterion 6: Project Cost
The application shall demonstrate that the cost of the
						proposed project, including equipment, is reasonable in comparison with the
						cost of similar projects in the state. The applicant shall document that the
						cost per square foot (per bed if applicable) does not exceed the median
						construction costs, as determined by the MSDH, for similar projects in the
						state within the most recent twelve (12) month period by more than fifteen
						percent (15%). The Glossary of this
Plan
provides the formulas
						MSDH staff shall use to calculate the cost per square foot of space for
						construction and/or construction-renovation projects.
Need Criterion 7: Floor Area and Space
						Requirements
The applicant shall specify the floor areas and space
						requirements, including the following factors:
a. The gross square footage of the proposed
					 project in comparison to state and national norms for similar
					 projects.
b. The architectural
					 design of the existing facility if it places restraints on the proposed
					 project.
c. Special considerations
					 due to local conditions.
Need Criterion 8: Transfer Agreement
The applicant shall provide copies of transfer agreements
						entered into with an acute care medical center and a comprehensive medical
						rehabilitation facility.