Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section

• Public Hearing Schedule
• Deadlines
• Spring 2024
• Summer 2024
• Archive of Petitions and Comments

Spring 2024

The deadline for comments on the Spring 2024 petitions and comments is 5:00 p.m. on the dates listed below.

March 1, 2023: The Council will conduct a public hearing on statewide issues related to development of the North Carolina Proposed 2025 State Medical Facilities Plan immediately following the business meeting.

March 20, 2024: Deadline for receipt of written comments regarding petitions or comments submitted by the March 6 deadline on statewide issues related to the development of the North Carolina Proposed 2025 State Medical Facilities Plan.

Acute Care Services Committee

• Modify Policy GEN-3: Basic Principles: Health Systems Management on behalf of Wake Forest Out-patient Dialysis Centers

Technology and Equipment Committee

• Change Policy TE-2 to Allow iMRI Use for Outpatients: Atrium Health
• Change Fixed PET Scanner Methodology: Carteret Health
• Develop Policy for Dual Function Fixed PET Scanners in Mid-Size Cancer Centers: Carteret Health
  
  • Letters of Support (note that these were sent regarding both petitions submitted by Carteret Health)
    • Congressman Gregory Murphy, MD, Congress of the United States, House of Representatives
    • Senator Norman Sanderson, North Carolina General Assembly, Senate
    • Representative Celeste Cairns, North Carolina General Assembly, House of Representatives
    • Tobin Finizio, MD, Carteret Health Care, Eastern Radiologists, Inc.
    • Mark Shouse, Carteret Health Care Board of Directors
    • Kyle Rusthoven, MD, Carteret Health Care
    • Brian Kuszyk, MD, Carteret Health Care, Eastern Radiologists, Inc.
    • Julius Taylor, Carteret Health Care Board of Directors
    • Julius Taylor (2), Carteret Health Care Board of Directors
    • Marcy Ellis, patient from Morehead City, NC
  • Oral Remarks at Public Hearing
    • Carteret Health, Kyle Marek
  • Comments
    • Tina Hinshaw, Akumin, Inc.
    • Greg Bass, Atrium Health
• Develop Policy TE-4: Plan Exemption for Linear Accelerators: Agency Staff Proposal
  • Comments
    • Catharine Cummer, Duke University Health System
    • Dennis Johnson, Catawba Valley Medical Center
    • F. Del Murphy, Jr., CaroMont Health
    • Donald Gintzig and Thomas Gough, WakeMed
    • Greg Bass, Atrium Health
    • UNC Health
• Additional Comments on Petitions and Agency Proposal
  • M. Shearer, Cone Health

For Consideration at the June 5^th SHCC Meeting

• Develop Policy GEN-5: Access to Culturally Competent Healthcare: Agency Staff Proposal in response to Governor’s Directive in the 2024 SMFP
  • Comments
    • Greg Bass, Atrium Health

Summer 2024

The deadlines are 5:00 p.m. on the dates listed below.

July 24, 2024: Deadline for receipt of petitions for adjustments to need determinations and other written comments regarding the Proposed 2025 State Medical Facilities Plan.

August 07, 2024: Deadline for receipt of written comments regarding petitions or other matters concerning the Proposed 2025 State Medical Facilities Plan.

Acute Care Services Committee

• Petition to remove a Need Determination for 30 Acute Care Beds in Vance/Warren County Service Area
  • Letters of Support
    • Kimberly Denton, Franklin County Manager
    • Archie B. Taylor, Vance County Commissioner
  • Oral Remarks at Public Hearing
    • Maria Parham Health, Michael Gordian

• Petition to remove a Need Determination for 43 Acute Care Beds in the Pender County Service Area

• Comments supporting a 129 Acute Care Bed Need Determination in the Buncombe/Graham/Madison/Yancey Multicounty Service Area
  • Oral Remarks at Public Hearing
    • AdventHealth, Mark Murrill
• Comments supporting a 46 Acute Care Bed Need Determination in the Alamance County Service Area

Long-Term and Behavioral Health Committee

• Petition for an Adjusted Need Determination for a Home Health Agency in Alexander County and Iredell County
  • Letters of Support
    • James Smith, MD, Smith Pediatrics
    • Moriah Specht, NP, Bethlehem Family Practice
  • Comments
    • John G. Green, CEO, Iredell Health System
    • Members of the Association for Home & Hospice Care of NC

• Petition for an Adjusted Need Determination for a Hospice Home Care Agency in Mecklenburg County
  • Letters of Support
    • Livingstone College, State Alexander, III
    • Queens University of Charlotte, Daniel Lugo
    • Belmont Abbey College, Gwyndolan Swain
    • Progressive Baptist Church, Terrance Grooms
    • Paul Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Robert Scott
    • One Health Leadership, Kelly Garrison
    • Eastover Nursing Center, David Plemons
    • Mecklenburg County, Dena Diorio
    • US House of Representatives, Alma Adams
    • Urban League of Central Carolinas, Robyn Hamilton
    • Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP, Corine Mack
    • Civility Localized, Christine Edwards
    • Innovative Lifestyle Network, Shanika Johnson
    • AI Patent Law, Pdowithz Alce
    • 27 Additional Letters of Support
  • Oral Remarks at Public Hearing
    • Heart’N Soul Hospice, Kevin Allison
    • OneHealth Atrium Health, Mark Collins
    • VIA Health Partners, Peter Brunnick
    • VIA Health Partners, LaTanya Johnson
    • VIA Health Partners, Walt Windley
    • VIA Health Partners, Pastor Major Stewart
    • VIA Health Partners, Margaret Harris
    • VIA Health Partners, Bridget Hiller
  • Comments
    • Zac Long, CEO, Well Care Health
    • Stephen Lawler, NC Healthcare Association, and Board and Members of the Association for Home & Hospice Care of NC
    • Dana C. Killian, President & CEO, Carolina Caring
    • Peter Brunnick, President & CEO, VIA Health Partners
  • Data Requested by SHCC
    • Heart’n Soul Hospice
    • VIA Health Partners, 2021 - 2024 data
    • VIA Health Partners, 2015 - 2024 data

Technology and Equipment Committee

• Petition to Convert a Need Determination for a Fixed PET Scanner in HSA I to a Fixed Cardiac PET Scanner in HSA I
  • Letters of Support
    • Three letters of support
  • Oral Remarks at Public Hearing
    • Mission Hospital, Brad Kappalman
    • Asheville Cardiology Associates, Yaron Fridman
    • Asheville Cardiology Associates, Sarah Ciccotto
  • Comments
    • James Kirby, II, President & CEO, Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital
    • Andrea Gymer, Vice President, Novant Health

• Petition for an Adjusted Need Determination for a Linear Accelerator in Service Area 23
  • Oral Remarks at Public Hearing
    • UNC Health Wayne, Marquita Ingram

• Petition for an Adjusted Need Determination for a Fixed Cardiac Catheterization Equipment in Catawba County
  • Letters of Support
    • 14 Letters of Support
  • Oral Remarks at Public Hearing
    • Catawba Valley Medical Center, Vincent Pompili
    • Catawba Valley Health System, Chuck Scronce