CON Decisions 2004

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Applicant:	Ability in Motion, Inc.
Docket Number:	04-30336-CON
Project Title:	Establishment of Outpatient Mental Health Facility for the Learning Disabled
Date:	December 28, 2004
Summary:	Ability in Motion, Inc.'s request to establish an outpatient mental health facility at 4749 Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut at no associated capital expenditure has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Lawrence and Memorial Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30358-CON
Project Title:	Bed Replacement Project
Date:	December 28, 2004
Summary:	Lawrence and Memorial Hospital's request to replace its existing 169 medical/surgical beds, at a total capital expenditure of $2,438,600, has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Norwalk Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30322-CON
Project Title:	Clinical Chemistry Laboratory Equipment Replacement and Automation
Date:	December 20, 2004
Summary:	Norwalk Hospital ’s request to replace its existing clinical chemistry laboratory equipment with new laboratory equipment and to acquire a laboratory automation system, at a total capital expenditure of $1,200,000, has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED

Applicant:	Stamford Eye Surgery Center , LLC
Docket Number:	04-30242-CON
Project Title:	Establish a Single-Specialty Eye Surgery Center
Date:	November 30, 2004
Summary:	Stamford Eye Surgery Center , LLC's request to establish a single specialty eye surgery center in Stamford Connecticut, at a total proposed capital expenditure of $1,870,085 is hereby DENIED.

Applicant:	St. Vincent’s Medical Center
Docket Number:	04-30333-CON
Project Title:	Replacement of Electrophysiology Laboratory Equipment
Date:	November 30, 2004
Summary:	St. Vincent’s Medical Center 's request to replace its electrophysiology laboratory equipment, at a total capital expenditure of $1,405,129, has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	John Dempsey Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30341-CON
Project Title:	Acquisition of a Replacement Fixed Open MRI Unit
Date:	November 29, 2004
Summary:	John Dempsey Hospital's request to replace its existing mobile MRI unit with a Phillips Panorama 0.6 Tesla Fixed Open MRI unit, at a total capital cost of $1,458,550, has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	University Standing Open MRI, LLC d/b/a University Standing Open MRI at Stamford, LLC
Docket Number:	04-30261-CON
Project Title:	Establish a Magnet Resonance Imaging (MRI) Center in Stamford, CT
Date:	November 18, 2004
Summary:	University Standing Open MRI, LLC, d/b/a University Standing Open MRI at S tam ford, LLC, request to establish a standing open magnetic resonance imaging center, to be located in Stamford, Connecticut, at a total capital cost of $1,913,000, has been DENIED.

Applicant:	Advanced Radiology Consultants, LLC
Docket Number:	04-30277-CON
Project Title:	Acquisition of a high field open MRI unit for Stamford Radiology Practice Location
Date:	November 18, 2004
Summary:	Advanced Radiology Consultants, LLC's request to acquire a high field open MRI unit for its Stamford radiology practice location as a replacement of the existing MRI unit at that location, at a total capital expenditure of $2,096,000, h as been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	New Milford Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30356-CON
Project Title:	Establish Lithotripsy Service Under New Milford Hospital License
Date:	November 8, 2004
Summary:	New Milford Hospital's request to offer a portable lithotripsy service has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Hospital of St. Raphael
Docket Number:	04-30282-CON
Project Title:	Replacement of Telephone Switchgear
Date:	November 5, 2004
Summary:	Hospital of Saint Raphael 's request to replace its existing telephone switchgear system with new telephone switchgear system, at a total capital expenditure of $2,250,000, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	OssaTron Services of New England, L.P.
Docket Number:	04-30316-CON
Project Title:	Expansion of Mobile OssaTron Orthotripsy Service
Date:	November 3, 2004
Summary:	OssaTron Services of New England, LP's request to expand its mobile OssaTron® Orthotripsy service to an additional nine sites in Connecticut, at no associated capital cost, has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	The Stamford Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30159-CON
Project Title:	Expansion of Electrophysiology Program with the introduction of Cardiac Catheter Ablation Therapy
Date:	October 29, 2004
Summary:	The Stamford Hospital 's request to expand the scope of its electrophysiology program with the introduction of cardiac ablation therapy at a total capital expenditure of $195,000 has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	New Britain General Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30207-CON
Project Title:	Establish a Primary Interventional Cardiac Service at New Britain General Hospital
Date:	October 29, 2004
Summary:	New Britain General Hospital's request for a CON to establish a primary interventional cardiac service to be located at New Britain General Hospital at a total capital expenditure of $25,633 has been Granted under an Agreed Settlement .

Applicant:	Prospect Diagnostic Imaging, LLC
Docket Number:	04-30311-CON
Project Title:	Imaging Equipment Replacement and Upgrade: CT Scanner
Date:	October 1, 2004
Summary:	Prospect Diagnostic Imaging, LLC's request to replace its existing CT Scanner, at a total capital expenditure of $643,135, has been approved and a CON has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Greenwich Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30269-CON
Project Title:	Acquire a 3.0 Tesla MRI Scanner at Greenwich Hospital
Date:	September 30, 2004
Summary:	Greenwich Hospital's request to acquire a new 3.0 Tesla MRI unit, at a total capital expenditure of $3,225,079, has been approved and a CON has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Rockville General Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30375-WVR
Project Title:	Request to Waive CON Requirements for Replacement of its Existing Mobile MRI Unit
Date:	September 30, 2004
Summary:	Rockville General Hospital’s request for a waiver of CON requirements for replacement equipment to replace its existing MRI scanner, at a total capital expenditure of $1,845,778, meets the requirements for waiver of the CON process pursuant to Section 19a-639c, C.G.S., and is hereby GRANTED.

Applicant:	The William W. Backus Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30281-CON
Project Title:	Acquisition of Radiology Services from Women's Care Medical Center
Date:	September 29, 2004
Summary:	The William W. Backus Hospital's request for the acquisition of radiology services from Women's Care Medical Center has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Diagnostic Imaging of Southbury, LLC
Docket Number:	04-30312-CON
Project Title:	Imaging equipment replacement and upgrade: CT scanner
Date:	September 28, 2004
Summary:	Diagnostic Imaging of Southbury, LLC’s request to replace its existing CT Scanner, at a total capital expenditure of $1,409,458, has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Stamford Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30369-CON
Project Title:	Request to Waive CON Requirements for the Replacement of the Darien Imaging Center’s Existing MRI Scanner
Date:	September 8, 2004
Summary:	Stamford Hospital’s request for a waiver of CON requirements for replacement equipment to replace its existing MRI scanner, at a total capital expenditure of $970,149, meets the requirements for waiver of the CON process pursuant to Section 19a-639c, C.G.S., and is hereby GRANTED.

Applicant:	Sage Rehab., Inc.
Docket Number:	04-30317-CON
Project Title:	Establish (CORF) Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility
Date:	September 14, 2004
Summary:	Sage Rehab, Inc.'s request to establish a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility located at 701 Cottage Grove Road, Suite 130 in Bloomfield, Connecticut with no associated capital expenditure, has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Docket Number:	04-30368-CON
Project Title:	Request to Waive CON Requirements for the Replacement of an Existing Angiography Laboratory
Date:	September 8, 2004
Summary:	Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center ’s (“Hospital”) proposal to replace one of its two existing angiography laboratories located in the Hospital at a total capital expenditure of $1,636,830, meets the requirements for waiver of the CON process pursuant to Section 19a-639c, C.G.S., and is hereby GRANTED.

Applicant:	Yale-New Haven Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30283-CON
Project Title:	Acquire a 3.0 Tesla MRI Unit
Date:	August 18, 2004
Summary:	Yale-New Haven Hospital's request to acquire a 3.0 Tesla MRI Unit, at a total capital expenditure of $4,574,775, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Stamford Hospital and NY Presbyterian Healthcare Systems Inc.
Docket Number:	03-30176-CON
Project Title:	Establish Primary Interventional Cardiac Service
Date:	August 25, 2004
Summary:	The request to establish primary interventional cardiac service at Stamford Hospital has been approved

Applicant:	Central Connecticut Endoscopy Center
Docket Number:	04-30187-RCN
Project Title:	Reconsideration of Final Decision for Establishment of Single-Specialty Endoscopy Center
Date:	August 12, 2004
Summary:	Central Connecticut Endoscopy Center's request for reconsideration has been Approved

Applicant:	Norwalk Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30294-CON
Project Title:	Renovation of Obstetrical Unit
Date:	August 11, 2004
Summary	Norwalk Hospital's request to replace the current obstetrical unit, at a total capital expenditure of $1,900,000, has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Radiologic Association of Middletown, P.C. d/b/a Guilford Radiology
Docket Number:	04-30349-WVR
Project Title:	Request to Waive CON Requirements for Replacement of Mobile MRI Unit
Date:	August 10, 2004
Summary	Radiologic Associates of Middletown, P.C. d/b/a Guilford Radiology's request for a waiver of CON requirements for replacement equipment to replace its existing MRI unit, at a total capital cost of $1,743,114, meets the requirements for waiver of the CON process pursuant to Section 19a-639c, C.G.S., and is hereby GRANTED.

Applicant:	John Dempsey Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30343-WVR
Project Title:	Request to waive CON Requirements for the Replacement of Existing CT Scanner
Date:	August 5, 2004
Summary	John Dempsey Hospital’s request for a waiver of CON requirements for replacement equipment to replace its existing CT scanner, at a total capital expenditure of $965,272, meets the requirements for waiver of the CON process pursuant to Section 19a-639c, C.G.S., and is hereby GRANTED.

Applicant:	Danbury Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30143-CON
Project Title:	Establish a Regional Primary and Elective Angioplasty and Open Heart Surgery Program in Danbury
Date:	July 23, 2004
Summary	Danbury Hospital's ("Hospital") request to establish a regional primary and elective angioplasty and open-heart surgery program, to be located at Danbury Hospital at a total capital expenditure of $5,691,866 has been GRANTED under an Agreed Settlement.

Applicant:	The Waterbury Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital Corporation, d/b/a Waterbury Area Heart Center, Inc. and University of Connecticut Health Center/John Dempsey Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30167-CON
Project Title:	Establish a Primary and Elective Angioplasty and Open Heart Surgery Program at Waterbury Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital
Date:	July 23, 2004
Summary	The Waterbury Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital Corporation, d/b/a Waterbury Area Heart Center, Inc. and the University of Connecticut Health Center/John Dempsey Hospital ("Applicants") request to establish a primary and elective angioplasty and open-heart surgery program at St. Mary’s Hospital and The Waterbury Hospital, at a total capital expenditure of $7,181,248 has been GRANTED under an Agreed Settlement.

Applicant:	Yale-New Haven Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30244-CON
Project Title:	North Pavilion Enabling Project
Date:	July 9, 2004
Summary	Yale-New Haven Hospital's request to demolish the Grace building and other structures on its Hospital campus in New Haven, Connecticut, relocate certain departments, major utility services, and a data center as listed in Tables 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the Findings of Fact, create additional surface parking areas, and plan and design a proposed new patient care building, at a total capital expenditure of $19,990,000, has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED subject to conditions.

Applicant:	John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connecticut Health Center
Docket Number:	04-30272-CON
Project Title:	Termination of Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Date:	July 8, 2004
Summary	John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connecticut Health Center ("Hospital") request to terminate its Bone Marrow Transplant Program has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED. In order for the Hospital to reestablish this program at any time in the future, the Hospital must seek authorization from OHCA pursuant to Section 19-638 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

Applicant:	Wilton Pain Management Ctr., LLC d/b/a Wilton Surgery Ctr. LLC
Docket Number:	04-30251-CON
Project Title:	Expansion of Scope of Services
Date:	July 7, 2004
Summary	Wilton Pain Management, LLC d/b/a Wilton Surgery Center, LLC located at 195 Danbury Rd in Wilton, Connecticut request to expand the scope of its services to include ophthalmic procedures, add two additional operating rooms, and purchase the medical equipment necessary to perform ophthalmological surgical procedures, at a total proposed capital expenditure of $449,000, has been approved subject to the following conditions, and a Certificate of Need has been Granted.

Applicant:	Yale-New Haven Hospital, Bridgeport Hospital and Greenwich Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30148-CON
Project Title:	Establish Primary Angioplasty at Greenwich Hospital
Date:	July 8, 2004
Summary	Yale-New Haven Hospital, Bridgeport Hospital and Greenwich Hospital d/b/a Yale-New Haven Health Heart Institute request for a CON to establish a primary interventional cardiac service to be located at Greenwich Hospital at a total capital expenditure of $5,000 has been GRANTED under an Agreed Settlement. OHCA and the Applicants agree that this CON is granted for and in effect for an initial period of three (3) years, starting on the date of the performance of the first primary angioplasty procedure, in order for the Applicants to validate that the program can achieve the utilization that has been projected in the CON proposal.

Applicant:	Naugatuck Valley Computerized Imaging, LLC
Docket Number:	04-30314-WVR
Project Title:	Request to Waive CON Requirements for Replacement and Upgrade CT Scanner
Date:	July 2, 2004
Summary	Naugatuck Valley Computerized Imaging, LLC's request to replace and upgrade its existing CT Scanner unit, at a total capital cost of $1,325,000, has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Diagnostic Imaging Associates, LLC
Docket Number:	04-30313-WVR
Project Title:	Request to Waive CON Requirements for Replacement and Upgrade CT Scanner in Accordance with Section 19a-639c, C.G.S.
Date:	June 28, 2004
Summary	Diagnostic Imaging Associates, LLC’s request to replace and upgrade the CT Scanner with a Toshiba Aquilion Super 4 CT Scanner at a capital cost of $600,000 meets the requirements for waiver of the CON process pursuant to Section 19a-639c, C.G.S. and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Central Connecticut Endoscopy Center, LLC
Docket Number:	03-30187-CON
Project Title:	Establishment of a Single-Specialty, Outpatient Endoscopy Center
Date:	June 25, 2004
Summary	Central Connecticut Endoscopy Center, LLC's request for the establishment of a single-specialty, outpatient endoscopy center to be located at 440 New Britain Avenue, Plainville, Connecticut, at a capital expenditure of $1,650,355 has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED

Applicant:	Norwalk Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30245-CON
Project Title:	Acquire a Replacement Linear Accelerator with IMRT Technology
Date:	June 24, 2004
Summary	Norwalk Hospital's request to acquire a replacement linear accelerator with IMRT technology, at a total capital expenditure of $4,100,000, has been approved and certificate of need has been granted.

Applicant:	Waterbury Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30210-CON
Project Title:	Dental Clinic Closure
Date:	June 9, 2004
Summary	Waterbury Hospital's request to terminate it's dental clinic at no capital expenditure has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been granted.

Applicant:	Gaylord Hospital, Inc. and Saint Mary's Hospital Corporation
Docket Number:	03-30218-CO
Project Title:	Establish a 25 Bed Long Term Acute Care Hospital at St. Mary's Hospital as a Demonstration Project
Date:	May 27, 2004
Summary	The Applicants’ request for a Certificate of Need ("CON") to establish a 25 bed Long Term Acute Care Hospital ("LTAC facility") at Saint Mary’s Hospital’s Franklin Street campus in Waterbury as a demonstration project authorized by Public Act 03-275, at a total capital expenditure of $4,063,000, has been approved as an Agreed Settlement.

Applicant:	St. Vincent's Medical Center
Docket Number:	04-30291-WVR
Project Title:	Request to Waive CON Requirements for the Replacement of Interventional Suite Radiology Equipment
Date:	May 27, 2004
Summary	St. Vincent’s Medical Center’s request for a waiver of CON requirements for replacement equipment to replace its existing interventional suite radiology equipment, at a total capital expenditure of $1,537,973, meets the requirements for waiver of the CON process pursuant to Section 19a-639c, C.G.S., and is hereby GRANTED.

Applicant:	St. Vincent's Medical Center
Docket Number:	04-30293-WVR
Project Title:	Request to Waive CON Requirements for the Replacement of CT Scanner #2
Date:	May 27, 2004
Summary	St. Vincent’s Medical Center’s request for a waiver of CON requirements for replacement equipment to replace its existing CT scanner #2, at a total capital expenditure of $1,084,008, meets the requirements for waiver of the CON process pursuant to Section 19a-639c, C.G.S., and is hereby GRANTED.

Applicant:	St. Vincent's Medical Center
Docket Number:	04-30292-WVR
Project Title:	Request to Waive CON Requirements for the Replacement of CT Scanner #1
Date:	May 27, 2004
Summary	St. Vincent’s Medical Center’s request for a waiver of CON requirements for replacement equipment to replace its existing CT scanner #1, at a total capital expenditure of $1,757,008, meets the requirements for waiver of the CON process pursuant to Section 19a-639c, C.G.S., and is hereby GRANTED.

Applicant:	Greenwich Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30295 CON
Project Title:	Acquire and Install a Standby Emergency Generator
Date:	June 3, 2004
Summary	Greenwich Hospital 's request to acquire and install a standby emergency generator, at a total capital expenditure of $1,580,000, has been approved and a certificate of need has been granted

Applicant:	Mandell & Blau, MDs, P.C. d/b/a Open MRI of Buckland Hills
Docket Number:	03-30205-CON
Project Title:	Acquisition of an Open Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit
Date:	May 20, 2004
Summary	Mandell & Blau, M.D.s, P.C. d/b/a Open MRI of Buckland Hills' request to replace its existing open MRI unit with a Hitachi Altaire 0.7 T Open MRI with high field performance unit at its South Windsor location, at a total capital cost of $1,885,000, has been approved and a certificate of need has hereby GRANTED.

Applicant:	Yale-New Haven Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30284-WVR
Project Title:	Request to Waive CON Requirements for Replacement of MRI Scanner
Date:	April 27, 2004
Summary	Yale-New Haven Hospital's request to replace its existing MRI Scanner unit, at a total capital cost of $760,000, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Fairfield County High Field Open MRI, LLC
Docket Number:	04-30236-CON
Project Title:	Acquire a High Field Open MRI Unit for Fairfield Office
Date:	April 27, 2004
Summary	Fairfield County High Field Open MRI, LLC's request to acquire a high field open MRI unit for its Fairfield office, at a total capital expenditure of $2,096,000, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED

Applicant:	Middlesex Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30230-CON
Project Title:	Acquisition of a 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging System
Date:	April 30, 2004
Summary	Middlesex Hospital's request to acquire a fixed 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging System for its Middlesex Outpatient Center at 534 Old Saybrook Road, Middletown, at a total capital expenditure of $2,500,000, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Stonington Institute
Docket Number:	04-30249-CON
Project Title:	Transfer of Ownership and Control Through Purchase and Sale of Assets
Date:	April 22, 2004
Summary	Connecticut Hospital Management Corporation d/b/a Stonington Institute (CHMC) request to transfer ownership and control of CHMC's assets through the purchase and sale of CHMC's assets to Stonington Behavioral Health, Inc. (SBH), at a total capital expenditure of $40,200,000 has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Norwalk Hospital
Docket Number:	04-30229-CON
Project Title:	Replacement and Purchase of Open MRI Unit
Date:	April 22, 2004
Summary	Norwalk Hospital's request to purchase a replacement open MRI unit to be operated at the Norwalk Radiology & Mammography Center, at a total capital expenditure of $1,200,000, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	New Milford Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30089-CON (includes attachments)
Project Title:	Establish a Diagnostic/ Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Date:	April 21, 2004
Summary:	New Milford Hospital and New York Presbyterian Healthcare System, Inc. request to establish the diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization laboratory at New Milford Hospital, at a capital expenditure of $3,063,900 has been GRANTED under an agreed settlement. Once the number of diagnostic cardiac catheterizations exceeds 300 in any consecutive twelve-month period, the Applicants may transition the program to include primary angioplasty services.

Applicant:	Carucci Chiropractor Center
Docket Number:	03-30175-CON
Project Title:	Establishment of Mountain Top Recovery Program/Outpatient Substance Abuse Recovery
Date:	April 12, 2004
Summary	Carucci Chiropractor Center, LLC 's request to establish a Mountain Top Recovery program which is an outpatient substance abuse recovery program located at 415 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 400, Wethersfield, Connecticut at a total capital cost of $45,165, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Griffin Hospital and Birmingham Group Health Services
Docket Number:	03-30196-CON
Project Title	Merger of Cochran Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic and Valley Mental Health Center with Transfer of Clinical and Administrative Control to Birmingham Group Health Services
Date	April 5, 2004
Summary	Griffin Hospital and Birmingham Group Health Services proposal to merge its Cochran Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic with Birmingham Group Health Services' Valley Mental Health Center at 435 East Main Street, Ansonia, Connecticut and transfer the clinical and administrative control to Birmingham Group Health Services at a total capital cost of $694,932 has been approved and a certificate of need has been Granted.

Applicant:	BlueRidge Health Services, Inc. /Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center and Hartford Hospital, Natchaug Hospital, and Rushford Center
Docket Number:	03-30166-CON
Project Title	Transfer/Change of Ownership or Control of Behavioral Health Partial Hospital and Outpatient Programs
Date	March 25, 2004
Summary	The proposal to close the Teamworks programs in Manchester is hereby DENIED. Blue Ridge Health Services, Inc./ Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center are hereby approved to close, or transfer to Hartford Hospital, Natchaug Hospital, and Rushford Center, Inc., the partial hospital programs and intensive outpatient programs, at a total capital expenditure of $748,000 subject to conditions.

Applicant:	Day Kimball Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30213-CON
Project Title	Picture Archiving Communications System (PACS)
Date	March 24, 2004
Summary	Day Kimball Hospital's request to acquire a Picture Archiving Communication System, at a total capital expenditure of $2,013,500, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED

Applicant:	St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Docket Number:	03-30197-CON
Project Title	Expansion and Renovation of Cancer Center and Reestablishment of Stem Cell Transplant Program
Date	March 19, 2004
Summary	Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center's request for the expansion and renovation of the Hospital's cancer center as well as the reestablishment of the Hospital's Stem Cell Transplant Program, at a total capital expenditure of $5,430,459, has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Hartford Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30206-CON
Project Title	Replacement of Two Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Associated Renovations
Date	March 17, 2004
Summary	Hartford Hospital's request to renovate the cardiac catheterization laboratory, replace aged equipment, at 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, has been approved and a Certificate of Need has been GRANTED

Applicant:	MidState Medical Center
Docket Number:	03-30222-CON
Project Title	Replacement of Radiation Oncology Simulator with a CT Simulator
Date	March 2, 2004
Summary	MidState Medical Center's request to replace its existing Radiation Oncology simulator with a CT simulator, at a total capital expenditure of $840,900 has been approved and a certificate of need has been granted

Applicant:	Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Inc. and Eastern Connecticut Imaging, P.C.
Docket Number:	03-30172-CON
Project Title	Establish Radiology Services at the ECHN Medical Office Building at Evergreen Walk to South Windsor
Date	March 2, 2004
Summary	Eastern Connecticut Health Network and Manchester Hospital and Eastern Connecticut Imaging, P.C.'s request to establish radiology services at the ECHN Medical Office Building at Evergreen Walk in South Windsor, at a total proposed capital expenditure of $3,118,325, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Yale-New Haven Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30171-CON
Project Title	Acquire Computed Radiography Equipment
Date	February 3, 2004
Summary	Yale-New Haven Hospital's request to acquire computed radiography equipment, at a total capital expenditure of $2,400,000, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED

Applicant:	Bridgeport Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30181-CON
Project Title	Establish a Mobile Lithotripsy Service under Bridgeport Hospital's License
Date	January 30, 2004
Summary	Bridgeport Hospital's request to establish a mobile lithotripsy service under Bridgeport Hospital's license, at a total capital cost of $425,000, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED

Applicant:	Community Health & Wellness Center of Greater Torrington and The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30146-CON
Project Title	Establishment of a Federally Qualified Health Center
Date	January 29, 2004
Summary	Community Health & Wellness Center of Greater Torrington and The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital's request to establish a Federally Qualified Health Center has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED

Applicant:	Bradley Memorial Hospital and Health Center
Docket Number:	03-30184-CON
Project Title	Replacement of Mobile Magnetic Resonance Imaging Service with fixed Magnetic Resonance Imaging Service
Date	January 29, 2004
Summary	Bradley Memorial Hospital's request to replace its mobile magnetic resonance imaging service with a fixed magnetic resonance imaging scanner at a total capital expenditure of $2,425,500 has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Greenwich Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30201
Project Title	Establish Lithotripsy Service Under Greenwich Hospital's License
Date	January 27, 2004
Summary	Greenwich Hospital's request to establish a lithotripsy service to be operated under its own hospital license at a proposed capital cost of $425,000 has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	United Community & Family Services
Docket Number:	03-30157
Project Title	Termination of Outpatient Services in Old Saybrook
Date	January 23, 2004
Summary	United Community & Family Services' request to terminate its outpatient behavioral health service in Old Saybrook has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Gaylord Hospital, Inc
Docket Number:	03-30195
Project Title	Establish Outpatient Rehabilitative Services in Guilford
Date	January 23, 2004
Summary	Gaylord Hospital, Inc.'s request to establish outpatient rehabilitative services at 37 Soundview Road, Guilford, Connecticut at a total capital expenditure of $112,900, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	The Stamford Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30163
Project Title	Construction and Renovation of a Dedicated Cardiology Unit
Date	January 23, 2004
Summary	The Stamford Hospital's request to construct and perform renovations for a dedicated 32-bed cardiology unit, at a total capital expenditure of $2,744,535, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED

Applicant:	The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital and Alliance Imaging, Inc
Docket Number:	03-30189
Project Title	Add an Additional Day for Mobile PET Scanning Services at Winsted Campus
Date	January 23, 2004
Summary	The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital and Alliance Imaging, Inc.'s request to add an additional day once every two weeks for mobile PET scanning services to be provided at the Hospital's Winsted campus, at a total capital expenditure of $1,695,000, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED

Applicant:	Waterbury Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30135
Project Title	Replacement of Hospital Information System
Date	January 21, 2004
Summary	Waterbury Hospital's request to replace its existing hospital information system with a new information system, at a total capital expenditure of $10,925,881, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Danbury Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30139
Project Title	Acquire a New 3.0 Tesla Fixed MRI Unit and Operate a 1.5 Tesla Mobile MRI Unit on a Temporary Basis
Date	January 21, 2004
Summary	Danbury Hospital's request to acquire a new 3.0 tesla fixed MRI unit and operate a 1.5 tesla mobile MRI unit on a temporary basis, at a total capital expenditure of $3,778,462, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Docket Number:	03-30150
Project Title	Establish a 28 Bed Long Term Acute Care Hospital at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center as a Demonstration Project
Date	January 16, 2004
Summary	Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center and Hospital for Special Care's request for a CON to establish a 28 bed LTAC at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center as a demonstration project authorized by Public Act at a total capital expenditure of $2,102,718 has been approved and a certificate of need and GRANTED.

Applicant:	Johnson Memorial Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30186
Project Title	Establish Lithotripsy Service
Date	January 16, 2004
Summary	Johnson Memorial Hospital's request to establish a transportable lithotripsy service has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED

Applicant:	Fresh Start Substance Services, LLC
Docket Number:	03-30043-CON
Project Title	Establish Methadone Maintenance Program, Substance Abuse Outpatient Treatment Facility and Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic for Adults
Date	January 9, 2004
Summary	Fresh Start Substance Services, LLC's request to establish a methadone maintenance and substance abuse outpatient treatment facility and psychiatric outpatient clinic for adults located at 285 Congress Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut at a total capital cost of $6,800, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Alliance Imaging, Inc. and Day Kimball Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30173
Project Title	Establish and Operate a Mobile Positron Emission Tomography Scanner at Day Kimball Hospital
Date	January 7, 2004
Summary	Alliance Imaging, Inc. and Day Kimball Hospital's request to establish a mobile Positron Emission Tomography scanning service at the Hospital's campus in Putnam, Connecticut, at a total capital cost of $1,695,000 representing the fair market value of the PET unit, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Stamford Health System, Inc
Docket Number:	03-30156-CON
Project Title	Health Information System Replacement
Date	January 5, 2004
Summary	Stamford Health System, Inc.'s request to replace its existing health information system with a new integrated clinical, financial, and ancillary information system, at a total capital expenditure of $7,000,000 has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Stonington Institute
Docket Number:	03-30142-CON
Project Title	Establish Ambulatory Detoxification Service
Date	January 5, 2004
Summary	Stonington Institute's request to establish an outpatient detoxification service located at 75 Swantown Hill Road, North Stonington, Connecticut at no associated capital expenditure has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED.

Applicant:	Bradley Memorial Hospital
Docket Number:	03-30168-CON
Project Title	Establishment of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Services
Date	January 5, 2004
Summary	Bradley Memorial Hospital's request to establish a hyperbaric oxygen service, which includes the acquisition of a monoplace hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber, at a total capital expenditure of $157,564, has been approved and a certificate of need has been GRANTED

Applicant:	Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Docket Number:	03-30219-WVR
Project Title	Request to Waive CON Requirements for Replacement of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Date	January 5, 2004
Summary	Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center's request for a waiver of the CON requirements to replace its existing cardiac catheterization laboratory, a Siemens Corosop Hi-P unit, with a Philips Integris Allura unit, at a total capital expenditure of $1,190,741, meets the requirements for waiver of the CON process pursuant to Section 19a-639c, C.G.S. and is hereby GRANTED

Applicant:	Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Docket Number:	03-30090-CON
Project Title	MRI Unit Addition, CT Scanner Replacement, Radiology Department Renovation
Date	January 2, 2004
Summary	Connecticut Children's Medical Center's ("Hospital") request to acquire a fixed 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit, replace a CT Scan and renovate the Radiology Department at a total capital expenditure of $4,117,071, has been approved and a Certificate of need has been Granted.