Bill > S645

This bill proposes to amend Section 51 of chapter 111 of the General Laws to ensure access to necessary hospital services, specifically concerning cardiac catheterization. The key provision states that any licensed hospital performing at least 300 diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedures annually by multiple physicians, or 150 such procedures annually by a single physician, will automatically be considered to meet the volume requirements set by the Department of Health Care Financing. This means these hospitals will not face any penalties or enforcement actions from the Department solely based on their patient volume for these services, thereby aiming to maintain and facilitate access to these critical medical procedures.