The Medicare Section of the Office of Health Care Assurance is
responsible for promulgating licensing rules and developing standards
as required to ensure quality of care for certain medical facilities
which must be licensed by the State that include adult day health
centers, ambulatory surgical centers, home health agencies, hospitals,
intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, skilled nursing
and intermediate care facilities and clinical laboratories.
In addition, the Medicare Section is responsible for implementing
the federal survey and certification agreement between the State and
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for
Medicare/Medicaid providers, and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments (CLIA) laboratories. Medicare/Medicaid providers include
ambulatory surgical centers, home health agencies, hospitals,
intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, skilled nursing
facilities, end-state renal disease facilities, hospices,
rehabilitation agencies, rural health clinics, and portable x-ray
facilities.
The Medicare Section is responsible for the state licensing and
federal certification survey activity in Hawaii, and the federal
certification survey activity in the Pacific Area (American Samoa, Guam
and Saipan).
Call the Medicare Section at (808) 692-7420 or
write:
Department of Health
Medicare Section
601 Kamokila Boulevard, Room 395
Kapolei, Hawaii 96707
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