Yale-New Haven Hospital’s purchase of Gaylord Hospital sleep center to be aired
By Mary E. O'Leary, New Haven Register, Conn. | |
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The closure of the Gaylord facility in
The union contends
On page 13 of its application to OCHA, Gaylord says its sleep center in
"Either the purchase is an instance of one hospital transferring assets to another hospital, requiring a CON (certificate of need), or it is not. If it is not, this transaction demonstrates acutely the need for a CON process for the acquisition of physician practices," the union said.
The union argued that if it is not considered a transfer of ownership of a health care facility, it will nonetheless increase bed capacity for Y-NHH.
The
Local 34 contends that when you consider the closing of the
The union suggested that offering services in
The application to OHCA from Gaylord says there will be no impact on "the current financial state of the health care system."
She said there will be no change in "access and care" for its own patients that use the
She said Gaylord currently operates "the
The hospital, however, was not running the
Citing the
The union contends further that increased costs will impact the state's budget. It said MedPAC estimated
She said patients at the
"Heart transplant patients need to be seen on a weekly basis for a couple of months following transplant and they already have high costs for the medication they need to prevent rejection of the transplant. Suddenly getting a second bill for a weekly clinic visit is proving to be a severe burden," Timpo testified.
The issue of these "facility" fees is before the legislature this session in a bill asking that patients be advised ahead of time of such costs.
State Attorney General
"We are taking a very close look at that," he said.
The costs will depend "on a hundred different variables," Petrini said of what individual patients using a hospital facility would pay.
"We work with every single patient that has an issue," Petrini said.
"We still have broad charitable care policies. If you are up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level, we will give you discounted care 250 percent. It's an individual-by-individual situation. We will certainly take a look at any patient that has borne any of those fees. It will vary by patient depending upon their insurance coverage and deductibles," Petrini said.
The hospital spokesman and
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