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Health Care Planning
We can help your organization plan and prepare for future demands for health care services. We can offer practical options to address identified needs in your community.

Long-Term Care Services
With changes in reimbursement, increases in franchise fees, and more stringent regulations, providing long-term care services is more challenging now than ever before. We can help you meet those challenges.

  • Certificate of Need (CON) Preparation – We will prepare and submit your CON application and support your project throughout the process. Our Director of Regulatory Services has 28 years of experience with Ohio’s CON program and was the Program Administrator from 1997 – 2009. As administrator, she developed legislation, rules, policies, and procedures that are in effect today.  See our Certificate of Need Resource Center for further information.
  • Bed Acquisition – Need additional long-term care beds? Struggling with low occupancy rates? We can help bring providers together to relocate beds to areas where they can be better utilized and enhance operations.  See our Certificate of Need Resource Center for bed purchase price information.
  • County Home Bed Conversion – We can share viable options on ways to certify, transfer ownership, relocate and license county home beds.
  • Nursing Home Licensure – Our experience with the licensure and variance processes will help your organization to comply with state rules and address licensure issues.
  • Nursing Home Certification – Our knowledge of the certification process can help you timely maneuver through the system.
  • Inspections and Enforcement – Have concerns over inspection findings? We can work with ODH to help resolve your issues.

Acute Care Services
State regulations for acute care services can change without providers having any knowledge of or input in the change. We can monitor regulations, advise you of proposed changes, and provide public comment where appropriate. We can help ensure that your service remains compliant.

  • Health Care Service (HCS) Compliance, Waivers, Variances – Our Director of Regulatory Services worked with experts to develop rules for the following services listed below. She developed and implemented the HCS Program for ODH and was the program’s administrator from inception in 1997 through 2009. Our experience can help ensure that your service is in compliance. In addition, we can prepare your request for a waiver or variance and work with ODH to address concerns.
  • Organ Transplantation
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Open Heart Surgery
  • Pediatric Intensive Care
  • Inspections and Enforcement – Not sure that your health care service is in compliance? We can conduct a pre-ODH inspection to identify areas that must be addressed.
     
  • C-Port Participation – Want to perform PCI without on-site open heart surgery? We can prepare your waiver request and facilitate you through the C-Port application and development program. 
      
  • Hospital Registration – Our Director of Regulatory Services has 28 years of involvement with hospital registration. She has provided consultation to ODH regarding registration policy and rules and can help ensure that your registration is accurate. If you are having registration issues, we can work with ODH to resolve any issues and correct any mistakes.
      
  • Maternity Licensure – Our experience with Maternity Licensure can help address your questions regarding state compliance and help you with inspection and enforcement issues.

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