State DPH identifies services Baystate Health must address before closing Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware
Updated 12:26 PM;
The Springfield-based provider has been asked to respond in early May.
Baystate Health plans to close the emergency department by June and shutter the facility completely within two years.
In an April 16 letter to Baystate Health, the state DPH says they have 15 days from receipt of the notification to respond. The department oversees requests when a provider wants to close a hospital or eliminate essential services,
“The plan the Hospital submits to the Department will be reviewed to determine if it appropriately assures access to the essential services in question following the plans to close the Satellite Emergency Facility and discontinue other hospital-based services at Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center,” the state DPH wrote.