Category: WVHCA

whcchealthinnovations
The West Virginia Health Care Authority has announced the 2012 certificate of need capital expenditure minimum threshold of $2,916,104. The new threshold is effective beginning January 1, 2012. The threshold is used as a part of the analysis by health care providers who must determine whether or not a certificate of need is […]

whcchealthinnovations
The West Virginia Health Care Authority has issued a Notice of Public Comment Period to obtain comments on proposed amendments to Certificate of Need Standards for Megavoltage Radiation Therapy Services/Units.
Here are the “proposed amendments” to the Megavoltage Radiation Therapy Services/Units. Here is a link to the current CON Standards for Megavoltage Radiation Therapy […]

whcchealthinnovations
The West Virginia Health Care Authority has issued a Notice of Public Comment Period on a new Proposed Certificate of Need Standard for Megavoltage Radiation Therapy Services/Unit.
Written comments on the proposed Certificate of Need Standard must be filed with the Authority on or before July 30, 2010. Written comments should be directed […]

whcchealthinnovations
On June 15, 2010, the West Virginia Health Care Authority filed a Notice of a Comment Period on a Proposed Rule with the West Virginia Secretary of State amending West Virginia CSR 65-7, Certificate of Need Rule.
According to the Summary and Statement of Circumstances filed with the Proposed Rule the “amendment clarifies the […]

dleyva
The West Virginia Health Care Authority announced that the capital expenditure minimum for calendar year 2010 is $2,767,500.
The capital expenditure minimum is typically used by the Authority when reviewing whether or not certain health relate projects require certificate of need review.
The Authority provided the following announcement via its website:
Pursuant to West Virginia Code […]

Jaan Sidorov
iHealthBeat reports on the release of a new report prepared by CCRC Actuaries for the West Virginia Health Care Authority. (Note: Anyone have a link to the full report? I can’t find one yet?)
According to the articles, the report indicates that the adoption of health information technology (HIT) and implementation of centralized […]

jennifergorman
On July 15, 2009, the West Virginia Health Care Authority filed with the West Virginia Secretary of State proposed amendments to the its procedural rule regarding the schedule of fees for the filing of certificate of need applications and exemption requests under the West Virginia Certificate of Need Program.
The amendment revises the fee […]

jgruen
a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.hcawv.org/images/WebHca2.gif”/ablockquote/blockquoteThe West Virginia Health Care Authority’s a href=”http://www.hcawv.org/DataAndPublic/AnnRpt/annualRpt08.pdf”2008 Annual Report for FY 2007/a is now available. The report summary was provided to the West Virginia Legislature by Sonia Chambers, Chair of the WVHCA. The report contains significant information about the state of health care in West Virginia.br /br […]

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Yesterday, the West Virginia Health Care Authority Board approved the changes to the Certificate of Need Standards for Cardiac Catheterization. The approved modification will now be delivered to Governor Manchin for review and approval.
Eric Eyre of the Charleston Gazette covers the story today in his article, Smaller hospitals get OK […]

GVanAntwerp
The West Virginia Health Care Authority approved for public comment proposed revisions to the Certificate of Need Cardiac Catheterization Standards (current 3/19/2007 standards).
These revisions were made by the Authority after Governor Manchin rejected the previously proposed standards. The proposed standards continue to modify the requirements for the participants in the demo pilot project […]