12VAC5-230-260: Need for new service

No new noncardiac imaging services should be approved unless the service can achieve a minimum utilization level of:

1. 650 procedures in the first 12 months of operation;

2. 1,000 procedures in the second 12 months of service; and

3. The proposed new service would not significantly reduce the utilization of existing providers in the health planning district.

Note: The utilization of an existing service operated by a hospital and serving an area distinct from the proposed new service site may be disregarded in computing the average utilization of noncardiac nuclear imaging services in such health planning district.