New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 33E - CERTIFICATE OF NEED: CARDIAC DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES AND CARDIAC SURGERY CENTERS
Subchapter 1 - CARDIAC DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES
Section 8:33E-1.7 - Community outreach, access and prevention

1. All hospitals, including those participating as a low risk catheterization facility, shall document their community prevention services for all populations, specifically targeting minorities, elderly and under-12 population groups, in accordance with license renewal standards at 8:33E-1.13. Examples of community prevention programs are those primary and secondary prevention initiatives which include: diet and drug therapy for hypercholesterolemia in patients at high risk or with established coronary artery disease: smoking cessation programs with objective outcome measures; exercise rehabilitation programs for patients with established coronary artery disease; and public education programs.

2. All hospitals, including those participating as a low risk catheterization facility, shall provide a plan, as part of their application that is designed to ensure that appropriate access to their respective programs by medically underserved and minorities (for example, African-Americans, Latino-Americans, Asian-Americans), and other population groups that have historically been under-represented in the provision of cardiac catheterization services (for example, Medicaid recipients, indigent/self-pay patients), will be achieved. This plan is subject to review and approval by the Department and will be based on the extent that cardiac catheterization services will be provided to these population groups in comparison to inpatient admission rates for acute myocardial infarction or other access criteria developed by the Department of Health and Senior Services by these same population groups in the proposed area.

3. All hospitals shall document in their application the proportion of Medicaid-eligible and medically underserved groups residing in the proposed service area. In addition, the applicant shall, in delivering the proposed service, provide care on a free or partial pay basis to Medicaid-eligible and medically underserved population groups at least in proportion to their representation in the proposed service area.