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Certificate Of Need (CON)
The Certificate of Need (CON) program is a regulatory review process for the initiation or expansion of health care facilities and/or services. The intent of the program is to promote equal access to quality health care services at a reasonable cost. A certificate of need must be obtained from the Agency for Health Care Administration to, among other things, increase the number of licensed beds at a health care facility, establish or construct a new health care facility, and the establishment of some tertiary services including organ transplant, burn units, and neonatal intensive care. Applications from competing facilities are reviewed by the Agency in two batching cycles throughout the year. This review process is intended to minimize health care costs by limiting the expenditure of capital funds to only those programs and services necessary to ensure quality patient care.
The Health Councils, Inc. is responsible for collecting data, such as patient days, transplant plant volume and open heart surgeries, for the CON Program. Utilization data from area hospitals and nursing homes are used by the Agency to determine the needs of the community in terms of "bed need". The Health Councils, Inc. also monitor construction progress on approved CON's and facilitates public hearings on CON applications under review.
Hospital and nursing home utilization data provided to the Agency for Health Care Administration are also available to the public in Quarterly Reports distributed by The Health Councils, Inc. The following reports are available and can be purchased by contacting Barbara Martinez at (727) 217-7070 ext. 13 or via email at bmartinez@healthcouncils.org:
Quarterly Hospital Utilization Report - $25
Quarterly Nursing Home Utilization Report - $20
Annual Hospital Utilization Report - $50
Annual Nursing Home Utilization Report - $40
Hospital Utilization Data Subscription - $125
Nursing Home Utilization Data Subscription - $100
Note: There is currently a moratorium on certificates of need for the addition of community nursing home beds through July 1, 2011.
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HIV Service Planning
The Health Councils, Inc provides support to the West Central Florida Ryan White Care Council which serves eight counties. Research, data collection and analysis expertise facilitate the needs assessment process and comprehensive planning for the continuum of HIV/AIDS service needs in the community. The Health Councils, Inc provides ongoing technical assistance to the Council and its committees to enhance the effectiveness of health planning activities of the planning body.
For more information about the West Central Florida Ryan White Care Council, please visit the website at www.thecarecouncil.org
For more information contact Collette Tomberlin at 727-217-7070 ext. 14 or by email at rwmanager@healthcouncils.org
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Mobilizing for Action Through
Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
MAPP is a strategic planning model developed by National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help communities address health priorities. The Florida Department of Health has suggested that the MAPP process be utilized in all 67 Florida counties. The Health Councils, Inc. assists communities with program coordination, data collection and analysis, and organization in our 7 county planning area as they work through the MAPP planning process and address community health concerns.
For more information contact Elizabeth Rugg at 727-217-7070 ext. 23 or by email at erugg@healthcouncils.org
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PEACH
Community participation is a crucial component of community health planning, but it is often difficult to obtain or impossible to quantify. By using an interactive methodology called the Popular Empirical Assessment of Community Health (PEACH), qualitative data can be captured in a quantifiable way, allowing for direct integration of community input into health assessments and the development of health policy.
PEACH was developed by The Health Councils, Inc. to capture the qualitative data provided by the community. PEACH is an interactive process that allows qualitative data to be captured in a quantifiable way. PEACH utilizes a flexible ranking methodology to solicit information from the community on topics ranging from priority health issues; to areas of unmet need; to how scarce resources should be allocated; to the role various agents should play in expanding access to care.
PEACH can be used in any setting in which a group must prioritize the issues or narrow the scope of focus for a project. The prioritization process serves as the foundation of the strategy development exercise, allowing the participants to translate their decisions into action steps.
For more information contact Teresa Kelly at 727-217-7070 ext. 16 or by email at tkelly@healthcouncils.org
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