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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:
As part of the legislature's review of the Certificate of Need statute, the Authority conducted a series
of stake-holder meetings examining the Certificate of Need statute for each of the covered services.
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Transcript: |
| Renal Dialysis
Comment
Comment |
September 25, 2008 |
| Hospice and Home Health
Comments |
October 7, 2008 |
| Transplants |
October 8, 2008 |
| Lithotripsy
Utilization
Comments
Comment |
October 15, 2008 |
| Long Term Care
Beds Map
Comments |
October 22, 2008 |
| Ambulatory Surgical Care
Handout
Comments |
October 23, 2008 |
| Medical Rehabilitation
Beds |
October 27, 2008 |
| Ambulatory Care Centers
FQHC RHC
Comments |
October 28, 2008 |
| Radiation Therapy
Sites |
November 5, 2008 |
| Addition/Renovation/Replacement
Beds |
November 6, 2008 |
| Imaging
CT
MRI
PET
Comments |
November 12, 2008 |
| Behavioral Health
Licensure
Map
Comments |
November 13, 2008 |
| Cardiac Services
Providers
Map |
November 19, 2008 |
| Private Office Practices
Comments |
November 20, 2008 |
For information contact: Linda Hedrick at the Health Care Authority.
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