When a hospital is closing as part the State Health Planning Board and Certificate of Need’s recommendations make available prenatal clinic services to community for 3 years following closure of hospital
Committee Member Responsible:
Marijane Lundt
Submitted by Marijane Lundt on 5/12/08:
The Department of Health and Senior Services should require hospital systems that close hospitals and/or maternity services to operate a prenatal clinic in the affected community for a minimum of three years. Three years would enable a smoother transition of services in that community and provide the planning time required to make appropriate modifications to the existing prenatal clinics and systems of care. It is essential that these clinics be based in the community to provide the continuum of care to which these mothers and babies have come to trust.
Submitted by Katherine Grant Davis on 5/12/08:
question - how would the hospital prenatal clinic get paid if they are no longer getting charity care for the uninsured? Funding may not be assured for these program if the hospital closes all operations.
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