DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE 2003 Group One Exception Requests; Medical Assistance Long Term Care Participation Review [33 Pa.B. 5479] The Department of Public Welfare (Department), by statement of policy effective December 18, 1996, adopted an interim policy announcing that it intended to exercise its discretion to refuse to enter into new Medical Assistance (MA) provider agreements and to terminate any provider of MA nursing facility services that sought to increase the number of MA certified nursing facility beds through expansion, unless the Department granted an exception on a case-by-case basis to permit that provider to enroll or expand. A statement of policy that sets forth the guidelines the Department will use when making its case-by-case exception request decisions was published at 28 Pa.B. 138 (January 10, 1998) and is codified at 55 Pa. Code § 1187.21a (relating to nursing facility exception requests--statement of policy).
By this notice, published under 55 Pa. Code § 1187.21a(e)(4), the Department announces the 2003 Group One Exception Requests covering the submission period of January 1, 2003, through June 30, 2003.
New Facility Requests Number Facility Address County Beds JJ03001 Ventcare Philadelphia 20 JJ03002 Maple Winds Care 4112 Spring Hill Road Cambria 77 Center Portage, PA 15946 JJ03003 Northwood Nursing & 4621 Castor Avenue Philadelphia 148 Convalescent Center Philadelphia, PA 19124 Copies of the previously listed exception requests are available for review by the public during regular business hours. To schedule an appointment to review a request, call (717) 705-3705.
Public Comment
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding to this notice within 30 days of publication to the Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of LTC Programs, Attention: Policy Section, P. O. Box 2675, Harrisburg, PA 17105. Persons with a disability may use the AT&T Relay Service, (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).
Fiscal Note: 14-NOT-374. No fiscal impact; (8) recommends adoption.
ESTELLE B. RICHMAN,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-2119. Filed for public inspection October 31, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]
