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Cardiac Surgery Program - For the purpose of supporting Anne Arundel Medical Center’s application for a Certificate of Need from the Maryland Health Care Commission to offer a cardiac surgery program within Annapolis and Anne Arundel County.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Resolution 19-15
Sponsored by: Mayor Pantelides, Alderwoman Finlayson,
Alderwoman Pindell Charles, Alderman Budge, Alderman Kirby, Alderman Paone
Alderman Pfeiffer and Alderman Littmann
Referred to
A RESOLUTION concerning
Cardiac Surgery Program
FOR the purpose of supporting Anne Arundel Medical Center’s application for a Certificate of Need (“CON”) from the Maryland Health Care Commission to offer a cardiac surgery program within Annapolis and Anne Arundel County.
WHEREAS, the City of Annapolis seeks to promote private programs and services that benefit the health and well-being of its citizens, and
WHEREAS, the Anne Arundel Medical Center has been a primary and excellent partner with the City in addressing the healthcare needs of its population for more than a century, and
WHEREAS, the absence of a cardiac surgical program is a critical gap and the only missing link in Anne Arundel Medical Center’s ability to provide comprehensive cardiac services, and
WHEREAS, Anne Arundel Medical Center has applied for a Certificate of Need from the Maryland Health Care Commission for the purpose of offering a cardiac surgery program, and
WHEREAS, there are no cardiac surgical programs within Annapolis or Anne Arundel County, and
WHEREAS, Annapolis is the capital of the State of Maryland, and one of few state capitals in the United States without a cardiac surgery program, and
WHEREAS, access to prompt, accessible and affordable cardiac services is a critical factor in the future welfare of not only Annapolis residents, but also the hundreds of thousands of visitors it receives each year, and
WHEREAS, the Maryland Health Care Commission will be conducting a comparative review of Anne Arundel Medical Center’s application with another Anne Arundel County provider, and
WHEREAS, Anne Arundel Medical Center should be preferred in such comparative review,
WHEREAS, the City of Annapolis wishes to seek “Participating Entity” status from the Maryland Health Care Commission in the CON application of Anne Arundel Medical Center.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the City of Annapolis seek “Participating Entity” status from the Maryland Health Care Commission in the CON application of Anne Arundel Medical Center.
EXPLANATION
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