New Item: We Need Your Input
In order to improve the Certificate of Need (CON) program, we are seeking your written suggestions on the following:
- How to adequately address patient quality of care issues as they relate to the State Health Plan
- How to improve the CON process- to include changes to the Code of Laws (Title 44, Chapter 7) and Regulation 61-15
Please provide your input by October 31, 2008 to:
Beverly Patterson, Director
Bureau of Health Facilities and Services Development
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
e-mail: patterbb@dhec.sc.gov
The comments will be compiled and an informational meeting will be scheduled in November. The meeting date will be posted on our website at http://www.dhec.sc.gov/health/cofn/ within the next few weeks. Please call (803)545-4200 if you have any questions. Thank you for your participation in this process.
The South Carolina Health Plan
The South Carolina Health Plan outlines the need for medical facilities and services in the state. It is used as one of the criteria for reviewing projects under the Certificate of Need program.
The South Carolina Health Plan contains an inventory of facilities and services and utilization data for health care facilities. It also projects the need for acute care hospitals, psychiatric beds, alcohol and drug abuse treatment facilities, residential care facilities for treatment of children and adolescents, nursing homes, home health agencies, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), rehabilitation beds, cardiac catheterization programs, open heart surgery services and radiation therapy equipment.
Note: This link contains the 2008-2009 South Carolina Health Plan approved by the DHEC Board effective September 12, 2008.
2008-2009 South Carolina Health Plan (pdf)
Copies of the Plan are also available via the mail at the cost of $25.00. To receive a copy of the Plan, please send a request in writing to:
Les Shelton, Senior Planner
Bureau of Health Facilities and Service Development
SC DHEC
2600 Bull St
Columbia, S.C. 29201
FAX (803) 545-4579