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Committee hears bill to exempt elective PCIs at state-run Harborview from certificate-of-need rules
Summary
Representative Charles Street asked the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee to exempt elective percutaneous coronary interventions at Harborview Medical Center from certificate-of-need rules to expand scheduled cardiac care for Medicaid and other subsidized patients.
Representative Charles Street, sponsor of the bill, asked the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee to exempt elective percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) performed in hospitals owned or operated by the state from certificate-of-need requirements.
The bill would let Harborview Medical Center perform non-emergency PCIs on a scheduled basis rather than limiting the facility to emergency-only procedures. Representative Charles Street said Harborview “serves 60 percent of people who are on some kind of government subsidy” and that allowing elective PCIs there would reduce costs for taxpayers and avoid patients waiting until a coronary emergency.
The committee heard clinical and operational…
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