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Hospital operators urge Michigan to allow flexible psychiatric beds and fund EHR upgrades
Summary
Executives from Universal Health Services described expansion plans, asked the subcommittee to allow child/adolescent beds to be flexed to adults under certificate of need rules, and urged a state match program to bring electronic health records to freestanding psychiatric hospitals.
Representatives of freestanding psychiatric hospitals told the House subcommittee they are expanding capacity in Michigan but are constrained by licensing rules and by outdated record systems that complicate referrals and recruitment.
Steve Vernon, CEO of Cedar Creek Hospital in Saint John’s, and Jamie White, CEO of Havenwick Hospital in Auburn Hills, said they represent five freestanding behavioral‑health facilities in Michigan operated by Universal Health Services. Vernon described recent and planned projects including a 96‑bed hospital that opened the prior week,…
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