Revised 2009 Psychiatric Inpatient Bed Need Determinations
To: Recipients of the 2009 North Carolina State Medical Facilities Plan
From: Elizabeth K. Brown, Chief, Medical Facilities Planning Section and Craig Smith, Chief, Certificate of Need Section
Date: January 8, 2010
This memo notifies recipients of the 2009 North Carolina State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP) about revisions in need determinations for psychiatric inpatient services beds due to there being no applications received for need determinations listed in the 2009 SMFP, and updates to the current inventory. Revisions are made in the following local management entities (LMEs) in accordance with SMFP Policies GEN-1 and GEN-2:
1 - Reallocations in need determinations due to no applications being filed for need determinations in the 2009 SMFP (Policy GEN-1):
- Child/Adolescent Beds: Smoky Mountain LME, Crossroads LME, Sandhills LME, Southeastern Regional LME, Southeastern Center LME, and Albemarle LME.
- Adult Beds: Albemarle LME
2 - Revisions in need determinations due to updates in inventory (Policy GEN-2):
- Child/Adolescent Beds: Durham LME, Beacon Center, East Carolina Behavioral Health LME, and Eastpointe LME.
- Adult Beds: Pathways LME, Onslow-Carteret
3 - Revisions in need determinations due to no applications being filed for 2009 need determinations and updates in inventory (Policies GEN-1 and GEN-2):
- Child/Adolescent Beds: Piedmont LME
- Adult Beds: Smoky Mountain LME
Accompanying this memo are excerpts from Table 15B (PDF, 9 KB) for LMEs in which inventory updates occurred, the 2010 SMFP inventory tables, as well as draft need determination tables (PDF, 16 KB) for publication in the 2010 SMFP. Please contact the Medical Facilities Planning Section at 919-855-3865 if you have questions regarding the need determinations, or the Certificate of Need Section at 919-855-3873 if you have questions about submitting certificate of need applications.