1664 1998 Group One Exception Requests MA/LTC participation review

1998 Group One Exception Requests MA/LTC Participation Review

[28 Pa.B. 5175]

   The Department of Public Welfare (Department), by statement of policy effective December 18, 1996, adopted an interim policy announcing that, as a general matter, it intended to exercise its discretion to terminate or to refuse to enter into an MA provider agreement with a provider of nursing facility services that sought to increase the number of MA certified nursing facility beds through enrollment or expansion, unless the Department granted an exception on a case-by-case basis to permit that provider to enroll or expand. Effective August 11, 1997, this statement of policy was revised to state that enrolled nursing facility providers are prohibited from expanding their licensed bed capacity, under any circumstances, without first receiving an exception from the Department. A statement of policy that sets forth the guidelines the Department will use when making its case-by-case exception request decisions was published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on January 10, 1998 (28 Pa.B. 138), and is codified at 55 Pa. Code § 1187.21a.

   By this notice, published under 55 Pa. Code § 1187.21a(e)(4), the Department announces the 1998 Group One exception requests covering the submission period of January 1, 1998, through June 30, 1998.

Expansion Projects

Number	Name	Address	County	Beds
JJ98003	Twin Oaks Nursing Ctr.	90 W. Main St., Lebanon	Lebanon	50
JJ98004	St. Francis Hospital of New Castle SNC	1000 S. Mercer St., New Castle	Lawrence	5
JJ98006	Polyclinic Medical Center Extended Care	2601 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg	Dauphin	8
JJ98008	Good Shepherd Home & Rehabilitation Hospital	601 St. John St., Allentown	Lehigh	23
JJ98009	Memorial Hospital	One Hospital Drive, Towanda	Bradford	4
JJ98012	Charles Cole Memorial Hospital	Route 6 East, Coudersport	Potter	15
JJ98014	Bucktail Medical Center	Pine Street, Renovo	Clinton	10
JJ98015	Philadelphia Protestant Home	6500 Tabor Road, Philadelphia	Philadelphia	10
JJ98016	Southwestern N. H. & Rehabilitation Center	500 Lewis Run Road, Pittsburgh	Allegheny	2
JJ98017	Saxony Health Center	223 Pittsburgh St., Saxonburg	Butler	30
JJ98018	Moravian Hall Square	175 W. North St., Nazareth	Northampton	29
JJ98019	Friends Hospital	4641 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia	Philadelphia	13

New Facility Projects

Number	Name	Address	County	Beds
JJ98007	Belle Reve Health Care Center	Milford	Pike	120
JJ98010	Pittston Hospital	P. O. Box 666, Pittston	Luzerne	176
JJ98011	Presbyterian Medical Center	39th & Market Sts., Philadelphia	Philadelphia	50
JJ98013	Lutheran Social Services of South Central    Pennsylvania	Hanover	York	40
JJ98020	Hallsworth House	435 Reed Avenue, Monessen	Westmoreland	90

 

   Copies of the above listed exception requests are available for review by the public during regular business hours. To schedule an appointment to review a request, call [phone].

   The Department will accept written comments related to the requests for a 30-day period following the date of this publication. Written comments may be submitted to: Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of LTC Programs, Attention: Policy Section, P. O. Box 8025, Harrisburg, PA 17105.

   Persons with a disability may use the AT&T Relay Service by calling [phone] (TDD users) or [phone] (Voice users). Persons who require another alternative format should contact Thomas Vracarich at [phone].

FEATHER O. HOUSTOUN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-1664. Filed for public inspection October 9, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]