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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:
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, 2009 is 2.5%.
The capital expenditure minimum for calendar year 2010 is $2,767,500.
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.
A revised Fee Schedule for Certificate of Need Matters § 65CSR10 Procedural Rule went into effect on November 9, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact Marianne Kapinos, General Counsel.
NOTICE OF MORATORIUM
At the November 4, 2009 meeting of the West Virginia Health Care Authority’s Board of Directors, a moratorium was declared upon the processing of applications for the development of Gamma Knife services which shall continue until the development of State Health Plan Standards for evaluating these applications, or one hundred eighty (180) days from the declaration of this moratorium, whichever is less.
Hospital Ambulatory Health Care Facilities § 65CSR27 Emergency Rule went into effect on August 3, 2009. It will remain in effect until the legislative rule is approved during the regular 2010 session. If you have any questions, please contact Marianne Kapinos, General Counsel.
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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