Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation Services Technical Advisory Committee
The current State Health Plan and Rules that govern the need for and expansion of Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation Services in the State of Georgia were adopted by the Health Strategies Council (Council) in 1994. During the annual review of the Department’s Certificate of Need Rules by the Council’s Long Term Care Standing Committee, it was recommended that both of these documents be reviewed to ensure that they better address the needs of patients, consumers, regulators, and purchasers and reflect current industry practices.
Membership
The Department of Community Health and the Health Strategies Council sought to ensure that this committee’s membership was broadly-based and reflected a wide geographic representation. Committee membership consists of providers from each of the four planning areas for inpatient physical rehabilitation services and/or facilities and organizations that fall under the following areas: acute care hospitals with rehabilitation units, freestanding rehabilitation hospitals, state operated rehabilitation hospitals, geriatric and pediatric hospitals, third-party payors, state government agencies, consumer/patient advocates, and professional associations. Careful consideration was given to selecting both large and small public and private hospitals in urban and rural locations. Additionally, ownership status (i.e. for-profit, not for profit, hospital authority) consideration was also considered in the member selection process.
Harve R. Bauguess, President, Bauguess Management Company, Inc. and a member of the Health Strategies Council will chair this committee.
Work Products
The deliberations of the TAC will result in two products:
- A proposed set of Rules that will provide the standards for review of Certificate of Need applications for Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation Services, and
- A corresponding State Health Plan that will outline the planning process and provide the rationale for the development of the proposed Rules.