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Proposal seeks certificate-of-need exemption for elective PCI at state hospitals after years of rule discussions
Summary
House Bill 1755 would exempt state-owned hospitals from certificate-of-need requirements for elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) services, a change proponents said would reduce delayed follow-up care for vulnerable patients at Harborview.
House Bill 1755 would create a limited certificate-of-need exemption for hospitals owned or operated by a state entity to provide percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), the catheter procedures used to open blocked coronary arteries.
University of Washington clinicians and Harborview Medical Center supporters told the committee that a six-year effort to change Department of Health rules has not resolved a local access issue and that the bill would let Harborview perform elective PCI procedures without duplicative or protracted certificate-of-need requirements.
Dr. Michael Chen, an interventional cardiologist at Harborview, said some…
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