(a) The private entity shall be committed to supporting the nonprofit management entity and any transferred facility to achieve excellence and improve access to services in Maui county.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 323F-60

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Nonprofit management entity: means a nonprofit organization duly authorized to transact business in the State, the sole shareholder or member of which is the private entity, whose principal purpose is to manage and operate a medical care facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323F-51
  • Private entity: means a business organization duly authorized to transact business in the State that:

    (1) Has a certificate of need to operate one or more licensed hospitals in the State obtained from the state health planning and development agency pursuant to part V of chapter 323D; or

    (2) Is the sole member of a nonprofit management entity or hospital that has a certificate of need to operate one or more licensed hospitals in the State obtained from the state health planning and development agency pursuant to part V of chapter 323D. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323F-51

  • Transferred facility: means a medical facility of the Maui regional system for which the right and responsibility to manage, operate, and otherwise provide health care services at the facility is transferred to a private entity or its nonprofit management entity pursuant to this part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323F-51
(b) The private entity and the nonprofit management entity shall establish a governance and management structure for a transferred facility that seeks to improve its performance. The private entity and the nonprofit management entity shall apply efficiencies of scale, consolidation of shared services, and administrative and technological expertise to improve the health care performance of a transferred facility.
(c) The private entity and the nonprofit management entity shall support a transferred facility in:

(1) Expanding primary care access throughout Maui;
(2) Recruiting and rotating specialists to fill current service gaps;
(3) Extending the private entity or its nonprofit management entity’s service line coordination to Maui, including but not limited to cancer, cardiology, orthopedics, mental health, pediatrics, and women’s health services;
(4) Coordinating long-term care patients and reducing wait lists;
(5) Upgrading facilities and equipment as needed to provide high quality care and to enhance patient experience; and
(6) Incorporating the Maui region into the private entity or its nonprofit management entity’s value-based contracting initiatives to better align quality and cost initiatives.
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