Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 1100 - NARRATIVE AND PLANNING POLICIES
Subpart D - NEED ASSESSMENT
Section 1100.610 - Open Heart Surgery Category of Service
Universal Citation: 77 IL Admin Code ยง 1100.610
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Planning Areas: Health Service Areas
b) Utilization Standards:
1) Adult: There should be a minimum of 200
open heart procedures performed annually by each facility within three years
after initiation, in any institution in which open heart surgery is performed
for adults. Higher case loads, over 200 per annum, are encouraged.
2) Pediatric: There should be a minimum of 75
pediatric open heart operations performed annually by each facility within
three years after initiation of the service.
3) Adult/Pediatric: The defined minimum
utilization standards for both adult and pediatric shall apply for programs
doing both adult and pediatric open heart surgery.
c) Open Heart Surgery Programs:
The need for an open heart surgery category of service shall be institution specific and determined by the volume of at least 200 patients referred to other institutions for surgery following a cardiac catheterization procedure at the applicant facility or a minimum of 750 cardiac catheterizations were performed annually at the applicant facility.
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