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Public can have its say on proposed hospital rules

Email|Link|Comments (0) Posted by Karen Weintraub April 11, 2008 04:29 PM

By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff

A public hearing on a proposal that could make it harder for hospitals to expand has been scheduled for 10 a.m. May 20, officials said today. The hearing will be on the second floor of the state Department of Public Health's headquarters at 250 Washington St. in Downtown Crossing.

State health regulators unveiled the proposal Wednesday, saying they were concerned about Boston teaching hospitals opening satellite campuses in the suburbs, potentially duplicating services and imperiling community hospitals. Under the proposed rules, hospitals seeking to expand would have to prove that they weren't replicating what exists.

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Elizabeth Cooney is a former health reporter for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, where she also was a business reporter and an editor. Earlier in her career, she edited medical books and journals at Little, Brown, and worked for Boston magazine.