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Welcome to the West Virginia Health Care Authority’s web site. The programs administered by the Authority generally have two primary purposes: to constrain the rising cost of health care and to assure reasonable access to necessary health services.
In the Rural Health Systems Program, the Planning Division, and in the Certificate of Need (CON) program, access to necessary health service is evaluated. To accomplish these goals, programs such as Rate Review and CON can quantitatively demonstrate some of the costs they constrain.
Health Care Financial Disclosure and Health Planning can also be used to draw logical implications as to how those programs work to constrain costs.
Additionally, the Authority assures public access to the information compiled under its programs, and publishes a newsletter detailing applications received and processed.
NEWS:
4/20/2011 New Policy
regarding testimony for witnesses of the public, established on April 11, 2012.
The purpose of this policy is to insure an orderly public hearing.
12/19/2011 Increase in CON capital expenditure minimum
Pursuant to §§ 16-2D-2(h) and (s), the Authority is required to adjust
the expenditure minimum annually and publish an update of the amount on
or before December 31 of each year. The expenditure minimum adjustment
shall be based on the DRI inflation index published in the Global Insight
DRI/WEFA Health Care Cost Review. The DRI inflation index as of December 31, 2011 is 2.9%.
The capital expenditure minimum for calendar year 2012 is $2,916,104.
2/21/2012 The Health Care Authority
collects and disseminates financial data on health care facilities,
including hospitals, nursing homes, home health
agencies, hospice agencies, behavioral health centers and
ambulatory surgical centers.
The 2011 Annual Report
includes data from facilities providing services to West Virginia residents in fiscal year 2010
DRAFT:
Health Care Financing in the State of West Virginia
Health Care Financing in the State of West Virginia
An Analysis and Projection of the Current System and Potential Transformations - August 2009.
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