(1) The department may revoke a certificate of
public advantage if it determines that:
(a) its approval of the
cooperative agreement, merger or consolidation was procured by material fraud
or misrepresentation of matters related to the department's determination as to
improvements in cost, access or quality of health care;
(b) the parties have
failed, in a material respect, to comply with the terms and conditions of the
certificate granted by the department and have failed, to the satisfaction of
the department, to cure their noncompliance;
(c) despite compliance
with the terms and conditions of the certificate, the agreement or transaction
is not resulting in lower health care costs, improved access to health care, or
higher quality health care without undue increase in health care costs;
(d) the
agreement or transaction has not and is not likely to substantially achieve the
improvements in cost, access to health care, or quality of health care
identified in the department's decision as the basis for its approval of the
agreement, merger or consolidation; or
(e) the
conditions in the marketplace have changed to such an extent that competition
would promote reductions in cost and improvements in access and quality better
than does the agreement or transaction at issue. In order to revoke on the
basis that conditions in the marketplace have changed, the department's order
must identify specific changes in the marketplace and articulate why those
changes warrant revocation.
(2) The department
shall not revoke a certificate of public advantage pursuant to ARM 23.18.107(1) (e) if it is reasonably possible for the parties to modify the agreement or
transaction to accommodate the effect of any changed circumstances and achieve
lower costs or improved access to health care or higher quality health care
without any undue increase in health care costs.