Health planning region definition

Health planning region means a contiguous geographical area of the Commonwealth with a
Health planning region means a contiguous geographical area of the Commonwealth with a population base of at least 500,000 persons which is characterized by the availability of multiple levels of medical care services, reasonable travel time for tertiary care, and congruence with planning districts.
Health planning region or "HPR" means the federally designated geographical area within which health care needs assessment and planning takes place, and within which health care resource development is reviewed.

More Definitions of Health planning region

Health planning region means a contiguous geographical area of the Commonwealth with a 606 population base of at least 500,000 persons, which is characterized by the availability of multiple levels 607 of medical care services, reasonable travel time for tertiary care, and congruence with planning districts. 608 "Provider" means a licensed or certified health care practitioner, a licensed health care facility or 609 service administrator, or an individual who has a personal interest in a health care facility or service as 610 defined in the Virginia Conflict of Interests Act (§ 2.2-3100 et seq.).
Health planning region means a contiguous geographical area of the Commonwealth with a 781 population base of at least 500,000 persons which is characterized by the availability of multiple levels 782 of medical care services, reasonable travel time for tertiary care, and congruence with planning districts. 783 "Medical care facility," as used in this title, means any institution, place, building or agency, whether 784 or not licensed or required to be licensed by the Board or the Department of Behavioral Health and 785 Developmental Services, whether operated for profit or nonprofit and whether privately owned or 786 privately operated or owned or operated by a local governmental unit, (i) by or in which health services 787 are furnished, conducted, operated or offered for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of human 788 disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition, whether medical or surgical, of two or more 789 nonrelated persons who are injured or physically sick or have mental illness, or for the care of two or 790 more nonrelated persons requiring or receiving medical, surgical or nursing attention or services as 791 acute, chronic, convalescent, aged, physically disabled or crippled or (ii) which is the recipient of 792 reimbursements from third-party health insurance programs or prepaid medical service plans. For 793 purposes of this article, only the following medical care facilities shall be subject to review:
Health planning region means the geographic area designated by the United Network for Organ Sharing for each of the two Organ Procurement Organization serving Maryland residents.
Health planning region means a contiguous geographic area of the Commonwealth as designated by the [department Board of Health] with a population base of at least 500,000 persons, characterized by the availability of multiple levels of medical care services, reasonable travel time for tertiary care, and congruence with planning districts.
Health planning region means a contiguous geographical area of the Commonwealth as
Health planning region means a contiguous geographical area of the Commonwealth as defined in § 32.1-102.1 of the Code of Virginia.
Health planning region means a contiguous geographical area of the Commonwealth with a 857 population base of at least 500,000 persons, which is characterized by the availability of multiple levels 858 of medical care services, reasonable travel time for tertiary care, and congruence with planning districts. 859 "Provider" means a licensed or certified health care practitioner, a licensed health care facility or