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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:
June 30, 2009 - NOTICE: The office of the West Virginia Health Care Authority will be
closed on Friday, July 10, 2009, for building maintenance. Regular business
hours will resume on Monday, July 13, 2009.
June 8, 2009 - NOTICE OF A COMMENT PERIOD ON A PROPOSED RULE
The West Virginia Health Care Authority filed a
proposed legislative rule with the Secretary of State and Legislative
Rule-Making Review Committee concerning
Hospital Ambulatory Health Care Facilities.
A comment period has been established
during which any interested person may send comments concerning
this proposed rule. Please send any written comments to the following
address before July 8, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.
Marianne Kapinos
WV Health Care Authority
100 Dee Drive
Charleston, WV 25311
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 2008
Annual Report
includes data from some 356 facilities providing
services to West Virginia residents in calendar year 2007.
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