Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section

State Health Coordinating Council (SHCC) Meeting

October 5, 2016 SHCC Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on October 5, 2016

• Agenda (PDF, 55 KB)
• Minutes (PDF, 151 KB)
• Acute Care Services Committee Meeting Documents: September 13, 2016
• Acute Care Services Committee Recommendations (PDF, 74 KB)
• Long-Term and Behavioral Health Committee Meeting Documents: September 9, 2016
• Long-Term and Behavioral Health Committee Recommendations (PDF, 134 KB)
• Technology and Equipment Committee Meeting Documents: September 14, 2016
• Technology and Equipment Committee Recommendations (PDF, 105 KB)

September 7, 2016 SHCC Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on September 7, 2016.

• Agenda (PDF, 9 KB)
• Minutes from May 25, 2016 (PDF, 304 KB)
• Acute Care Services Committee Report (PDF, 9 KB)
• Long-Term and Behavioral Health Committee Report (PDF, 72 KB)
• Technology and Equipment Committee Report (PDF, 57 KB)

May 25, 2016 SHCC Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on May 25, 2016.

Download a ZIP file containing documents for the meeting on May 25, 2016. (ZIP, 61.5 MB)

• Agenda (PDF, 10 KB)
• Minutes from March 2, 2016 (PDF, 140 KB)
• Minutes from April 8, 2016 (PDF, 104 KB)
• Acute Care Services Committee
  • Acute Care Services Committee Recommendations (PDF, 294 KB)
  • Changes to Service Areas for 2017 SMFP (PDF, 189 KB)
  • Chapter 5: Acute Care Hospital Beds
    • Truven Health Analytics/Licensure Acute Care Days Draft Data Discrepancy Report (PDF, 18 KB)
    • Table 5A: Acute Care Bed Need Projections (PDF, 600 KB)
    • Table 5B: Acute Care Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 514 KB)
    • Table 5C: Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Bed Inventory (PDF, 516 KB)
  • Chapter 6: Operating Rooms
    • Chapter 6 Wording - Underutilized Facilities (PDF, 146 KB)
    • Underutilized Facilities: Catawba County OR Need Determination Analysis (PDF, 356 KB)
    • Table 6A: Operating Room Inventory (PDF, 131 KB)
    • Table 6B: Projected Operating Room Need for 2019 (PDF, 116 KB)
    • Table 6C: Projected Operating Room Need Determinations (PDF, 15 KB)
    • Table 6E: Endoscopy Room Inventory (PDF, 102 KB)
  • Chapter 7: Other Acute Care Services
  • Table 7A: Adult Open-Heart Surgery Procedures (PDF, 548 KB)
  • Table 7C: Burn Intensive Care Services (PDF, 528 KB)
  • Table 7E: Bone Marrow Transplants (PDF, 532 KB)
  • Table 7G: Solid Organ Transplantation Services (PDF, 529 KB)
  • Chapter 8: Inpatient Rehabilitation Services
    • Table 8A:  Inventory and Utilization of Inpatient Rehabilitation Beds (PDF, 531 KB)
    • Charts for Chapter 8 Narrative (PDF, 513 KB)
      
      
• Long-Term and Behavioral Health Committee
  • Long-Term and Behavioral Health Committee Recommendations (PDF, 115 KB)
  • Chapter 10: Nursing Care Facilities
    • Long-Term Behavioral Health Committee: Nursing Home Methodology Workgroup Recommendations (PDF, 69 KB)
    • Proposed Chapter 4 - Nursing Home Policies (PDF, 84 KB)
    • Proposed Chapter 10 - Nursing Home Need Methodology (PDF, 97 KB)
    • Table 10A: Inventory of Nursing Home and Hospital Nursing Care Beds (PDF, 178 KB)
    • Table 10B: County Rate Calculations for Nursing Home Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 64 KB)
    • Table 10C: Nursing Care Bed Need Projections for 2020 (PDF, 47 KB)
    • Table 10D: Nursing Care Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 13 KB)
  • Chapter 11: Adult Care Homes
    • Table 11A: Inventory of Adult Care Home (Assisted Living) Beds (PDF, 810 KB)
    • Table 11B: Adult Care Home Need Projections for 2020 (PDF, 633 KB)
    • Table 11C: Adult Care Home Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 512 KB)
    • Table 11D: Inventory of Nursing Homes with Six or Less Licensed Adult Care Beds (PDF, 514 KB)
  • Chapter 12: Home Health Services
    • Table 12A: Home Health Data by County of Patient Origin – 2015 Data – Agencies or Offices Serving Residents of Counties by Age (PDF, 1.27 MB)
    • Table 12B: Average Annual Rates of Change in Patients and Use Rates per 1,000 Population (PDF, 750 KB)
    • Table 12C: 2018 Need Projections for Medicare-certified Home Health Agencies or Offices (PDF, 712 KB)
    • Table 12C: 2018 Need Projections for Medicare-certified Home Health Agencies or Offices (Table 2) (PDF, 542 KB)
    • Table 12D: Medicare-certified Home Health Agency or Office Need Determinations (PDF, 514 KB)
  • Chapter 13: Hospice Services
    • Table 13A: Hospice Data by County of Patient Origin – 2015 Data (PDF, 707 KB)
    • Table 13B: Year 2018 Hospice Home Care Office Need Projections (PDF, 595 KB)
    • Table 13C: Year 2020 Hospice Inpatient Bed Need Projections (PDF, 593 KB)
    • Table 13D(1): Hospice Inpatient Facilities (PDF, 23 KB)
    • Table 13D(2): Hospice Inpatient Facilities Occupancy Rate for FY 2015 (PDF, 26 KB)
    • Table 13E: Hospice Residential Facilities (PDF, 18 KB)
    • Table 13F: Inventory of Hospice Residential Beds (PDF, 21 KB)
    • Table 13G: Hospice Home care Office Need Determinations (PDF, 514 KB)
  • Chapter 14: End State Renal Disease
    • No documents
  • Chapter 15: Psychiatric Inpatient Services
    • Chapter 15 Proposed Methodology Change (PDF, 182 KB)
    • Agency Recommendation regarding new Behavioral Health Beds (PDF, 11 KB)
    • Revised Language for the N.C. Proposed 2017 SMFP (PDF, 8 KB)
    • Table 15A: Inventory of  Psychiatric Beds, Excluding State Hospitals, By Local Management Entity (PDF, 548 KB)
    • Table 15B1: 2019 Projections of Psychiatric Bed Need by Local Management Entity-Management Care Organization (LME-MCO) Part 1: Projection of Child/Adolescent Bed Need for 2019 (PDF, 519 KB)
    • Table 15B2: 2019 Projections of Psychiatric Bed Need by Local Management Entity-Management Care Organization (LME-MCO) Part 2: Projection of Adult Bed Need for 2019 (PDF, 531 KB)
    • Table 15C (1): Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 518 KB)
    • Table 15C (2): Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 515 KB)
  • Chapter 16: Substance Abuse Inpatient and Residential Services (Chemical Dependency Treatment Beds)
    • Revised Language for the N.C. Proposed 2017 SMFP (PDF, 58 KB)
    • Table 16A: Inventory of Chemical Dependency (Substance Abuse) Beds, Excluding State Facilities By Local Management Entity-Managed Care Organization (LME-MCO) & Mental Health Planning Region (PDF, 43 KB)
    • Table 16B: 2018 Projection of Chemical Dependency (Substance Abuse) Treatment Bed Need By Mental Health Planning Region (PDF, 23KB)
    • Table 16D:  Child/Adolescent Chemical Dependency (Substance Abuse) Treatment Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 514 KB)
  • Chapter 17: Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
    • Revised Language for the N.C. Proposed 2017 SMFP (PDF, 64 KB)
    • Table 17A: Inventory of ICF/IID  Facilities and Beds (PDF, 614 KB)
    • Table 17B:  State Facility Beds Excluded from ICF/IID Inventory By Local Management Entity-Managed Care Organization (LME-MCO) (PDF, 514 KB)
      
      
• Technology and Equipment Committee
  • Technology and Equipment Committee Recommendations (PDF, 121 KB)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners
    • Petition for New Policy TE-3: Fixed MRI Scanners in Community Hospitals; Cape Fear Valley Health System (PDF, 4.08 MB)
      • Agency Report (PDF, 105 KB)
      • Comments
        • Alliance Healthcare Services (PDF, 196 KB)
        • Cape Fear Valley Bladen Healthcare (PDF, 542 KB)
        • Duke University Health System (PDF, 161 KB)
        • Triangle Orthopaedic Associates (PDF, 425 KB)
    • Table 9P: MRI Fixed and Mobile Procedures by MRI Service Area with Tiered Thresholds and Fixed Equivalents (PDF, 204 KB)
    • Table 9R: Fixed MRI Scanner Need Determination (PDF, 513 KB)
    • Proposed TE-3: Plan Exemption for Fixed Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners (PDF, 648 KB)
  • Cardiac Catheterization Equipment
    • Petition for Change to Cardiac Catheterization Need Determination Methodology; UNC Rex Healthcare (PDF, 2.39 MB)
      • Agency Report (PDF, 263 KB)
      • Comments
        • Duke University Health System (PDF, 170 KB)
        • WakeMed (PDF, 3.43 MB)
    • Table 9S: Adult Diagnostic Fixed Cardiac Cath Procedures (PDF, 554 KB)
    • Table 9T: Pediatric Diagnostic Cath Procedures (PDF, 514 KB)
    • Table 9U: Mobile Cardiac Catheterization Procedures (PDF, 521 KB)
    • Table 9V: Percutaneous Coronary Interventional Procedures (PDF, 530 KB)
    • Table 9W: Fixed Cardiac Catheterization Equipment, Capacity and Volume (PDF, 555 KB)
    • Table 9X: Mobile Cardiac Catheterization Capacity and Volume (PDF, 513 KB)
    • Table 9Y/9Z/9AA: Fixed Cardiac Catheterization Equipment Need Determination (PDF, 519 KB)
  • Linear Accelerators
    • Table 9G: Hospital and Free-Standing Linear Accelerators and Radiation Oncology Procedures (PDF, 21 KB)
    • Table 9H: Linear Accelerator Service Areas and Calculations (PDF, 18 KB)
    • Table 9I: Linear Accelerator Service Areas (PDF, 569 KB)
  • Lithotripsy
    • Petition for New Technology and Equipment Policy; Hampton Roads Lithotripsy (PDF, 2.13 MB)
      • Agency Report (PDF, 244 KB)
      • Comments
        • Carolina Lithotripsy, a Limited Partnership, Fayetteville Lithotripters Limited Partnership - South Carolina II and Fayetteville Lithotripters Limited Partnership - Virginia I (PDF, 75 KB)
          • Attachment (PDF, 22.07 MB)
        • Piedmont Stone Center (PDF, 3.04 MB)
        • Triangle Lithotripsy Corporation (PDF, 226 KB)
    • Table 9A: Mobile Lithotripsy Providers and Locations Served, Table 9B: Fixed Lithotripsy Providers and Locations Served and Table 9C: Mobile and Fixed Lithotripsy (PDF, 525 KB)
  • Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanners
    • Table 9L: PET Scanner Utilization of Existing Fixed Dedicated Scanners (PDF, 23 KB)
    • Table 9M(1):PET Scanner Provider of Mobile Dedicated Scanners and Table 9M(2): PET Scanner Sites Utilization of Existing Mobile Dedicated Scanners (PDF, 520 KB)
    • Table 9N: Fixed PET Need Determination (PDF, 13 KB)
  • Gamma Knife
    • No documents

March 2, 2016 SHCC Meeting

An audio recording of the March 2, 2016 meeting is available (MP3, 63.4 MB)

The following are the handouts for the meeting on March 2, 2016.

• Agenda (PDF, 9 KB)
• Minutes for October 7, 2015 (PDF, 297 KB)
• Request from Novant Health (PDF, 1.55 MB)
• Agency Recommendation for 2016 SMFP Rowan County ORs (PDF, 140 KB)
• Long-Term Behavioral Health Committee: Nursing Home Methodology Workgroup Recommendations (PDF, 69 KB)
• Proposed Chapter 4 - Nursing Home Policies (PDF, 84 KB)
• Proposed Chapter 10 - Nursing Home Need Methodology (PDF, 97 KB)

Acute Care Services (ACS) Committee

September 13, 2016 ACS Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on September 13, 2016.

Download a ZIP file containing documents for the meeting on September 13, 2016. (ZIP, 15.6 MB)

• Agenda (PDF, 33 KB)
• Minutes from May 3, 2016 (PDF, 56 KB)
• Chapter 5: Acute Care Hospital Beds
  • Truven Health Analytics/Licensure Acute Care Days Comparison (PDF, 12 KB)
  • Table 5A: Acute Care Bed Need Projections (PDF, 599 KB)
  • Table 5B: Acute Care Bed Need Determination (PDF, 514 KB)
  • Email Regarding Durham County Bed Need Data (PDF, 101 KB)
• Chapter 6: Operating Rooms
  • Table 6A: Operating Room Inventory (PDF, 649 KB)
  • Table 6B: Projected Operating Room Need for 2019 (PDF, 628 KB)
  • Table 6E: Endoscopy Room Inventory (PDF, 604 KB)
  • Single Specialty Ambulatory Surgery Facility Demonstration Project Evaluation Summaries
    • Piedmont Outpatient Surgery Center
      • Annual Evaluation Report Summary (PDF, 17 KB)
      • Attachments (PDF, 2.92 MB)
    • Triangle Orthopaedics Surgery Center
      • Annual Evaluation Report Summary (PDF, 18 KB)
      • Attachments (PDF, 1.43 MB)
    • Mallard Creek Surgery Center
      • Annual Evaluation Report Summary (PDF, 18 KB)
      • Attachments (PDF, 4.48 MB)
    • Care to Self-Pay and Medicaid-Funded Patients (PDF, 59 KB)
    • Reimbursement Source by Payer Type (PDF, 83 KB)
  • Petition: Operating Room in Catawba County
    • Agency Report (PDF, 93 KB)
    • Petition for an Adjusted Need Determination for Operating Rooms; Graystone Ophthalmology Associates (PDF, 1.53 MB)
      • Comments
        • Graystone Ophthalmology Associates (PDF, 195 KB)
        • Letters of Support (PDF, 3.03 MB)
        • Catawba Valley Medical Center (PDF, 270 KB)
          • Exhibits (PDF, 371 KB)
        • Graystone Ophthalmology Associates (PDF, 112 KB)
• Chapter 7: Other Acute Care Services
• No documents
• Chapter 8: Inpatient Rehabilitation Services
  • No documents

May 3, 2016 ACS Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on May 3, 2016.

Download a ZIP file containing documents for the meeting on May 3, 2016. (ZIP, 7.31 MB)

• Agenda (PDF, 46 KB)
• Minutes from April 12, 2016 (PDF, 178 KB)
• Changes to Service Areas for 2017 SMFP (PDF, 189 KB)
• Chapter 5: Acute Care Hospital Beds
  • Truven Health Analytics/Licensure Acute Care Days Draft Data Discrepancy Report (PDF, 18 KB)
  • Table 5A: Acute Care Bed Need Projections (PDF, 600 KB)
  • Table 5B: Acute Care Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 514 KB)
  • Table 5C: Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Bed Inventory (PDF, 516 KB)
• Chapter 6: Operating Rooms
  • Table 6A: Operating Room Inventory (PDF, 638 KB)
  • Table 6B: Projected Operating Room Need for 2019 (PDF, 622 KB)
  • Table 6C: Projected Operating Room Need Determinations (PDF, 515 KB)
  • Table 6E: Endoscopy Room Inventory (PDF, 602 KB)
• Chapter 7: Other Acute Care Services
• Table 7A: Adult Open-Heart Surgery Procedures (PDF, 548 KB)
• Table 7C: Burn Intensive Care Services (PDF, 528 KB)
• Table 7E: Bone Marrow Transplants (PDF, 532 KB)
• Table 7G: Solid Organ Transplantation Services (PDF, 529 KB)
• Chapter 8: Inpatient Rehabilitation Services
  • Table 8A:  Inventory and Utilization of Inpatient Rehabilitation Beds (PDF, 531 KB)
  • Charts for Chapter 8 Narrative (PDF, 513 KB)

April 12, 2016 ACS Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on April 12, 2016.

• Agenda (PDF, 82 KB)
• Minutes from September 8, 2015 (PDF, 209 KB)
• Chapter 5: Acute Care Services
  • No documents
• Chapter 6: Operating Rooms
  • Chapter 6 Wording - Underutilized Facilities (PDF, 146 KB)
  • Underutilized Facilities: Catawba County OR Need Determination Analysis (PDF, 356 KB)
• Chapter 7: Other Acute Care Services
  • No documents
• Chapter 8: Inpatient Rehabilitation Services
  • No documents

Long-Term and Behavioral Health (LTBH) Committee

September 9, 2016 LTBH Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on September 9, 2016.

Download a ZIP file containing documents for the meeting on September 9, 2016. (ZIP, 25.8 MB)

• Agenda (PDF, 110 KB)
• Minutes from May 6, 2016 (PDF, 295 KB)
• Chapter 10: Nursing Care Facilities
  • No petitions or comments
  • Table 10A: Inventory of Nursing Home and Hospital Nursing Care Beds (PDF, 729 KB)
  • Table 10C: Nursing Care Bed Need Projections for 2020 (PDF, 558 KB)
• Chapter 11: Adult Care Homes
  • Petition: Adult Care Beds in Montgomery County
    • Agency Report (PDF, 365 KB)
    • Petition for an Adjusted Need Determination for 16 Adult Care Home Beds; Sandy Ridge Homes Holding (PDF, 1.64 MB)
      • Comments
        • Sandy Ridge Memory Care & Assisted Living (PDF, 126 KB)
        • Letters of Support (PDF, 5.24 MB)
  • Petition: Adult Care Beds in Wake County
    • Agency Report (PDF, 85 KB)
    • Petition Regarding Special Need Determination for Transfer of Up to 100 Adult Care Home Beds from Harnett to Wake County; Singh Development (PDF, 280 KB)
      • Comments
        • Blue Ridge Health Investors and AOM (PDF, 96 KB)
  • Petition: Special Care Unit Beds in Buncombe and Cabarrus Counties
    • Agency Report (PDF, 91 KB)
    • Petition for Adjustment to Need Determination: Adult Care Home Beds for Alzheimer's Special Care Unit Beds in Stand-Alone Facilities in Buncombe and Cabarrus Counties; Artis Senior Living (PDF, 1.47 MB)
  • Table 11A: Inventory of Adult Care Homes Beds (PDF, 852 KB)
  • Table 11B: Adult Care Home Need Projections for 2020 (PDF, 603 KB)
  • Table 11D: Inventory of Nursing Homes with Six or less Adult Care Home Beds (PDF, 514 KB)
• Chapter 12: Home Health Services
  • Petition: Medicare-certified Home Health Agency in Wake County
    • Agency Report (PDF, 77 KB)
    • Petition for Adjusted Needs Determination for an Underserved Population for Wake County; Mother's Helpers Home Healthcare (PDF, 109 KB)
      • Exhibit (PDF, 349 KB)
      • Comments
        • Mother's Helper Home Healthcare (PDF, 424 KB)
        • Letter of Support (PDF, 47 KB)
        • Association for Home Health and Hospice (PDF, 55 KB)
        • Jarold Johnson (PDF, 37 KB)
        • Kathryn Bundy (PDF, 55 KB)
        • Nurse-Family Partnership (PDF, 39 KB)
        • BAYADA (PDF, 267 KB)
        • PSA Healthcare (PDF, 72 KB)
• Chapter 13: Hospice Services
  • Petition: Hospice Inpatient Beds in Wake County
    • Agency Report (PDF, 76 KB)
    • Petition to Remove Need Determination for Seven Hospice Inpatient Beds in Wake County; Transitions LifeCare (PDF, 572 KB)
      • Comments
        • Transitions LifeCare (PDF, 163 KB)
  • Table 13A: Hospice Data by County of Patient Origin (PDF, 710 KB)
  • Table 13B: Year 2018 Hospice Home Care Office Need Projections (PDF, 595 KB)
  • Table 13C: Year 2020 Hospice Inpatient Bed Need Projections (PDF, 594 KB)
• Chapter 14: End Stage Renal Disease
  • Petition: ESRD Facility in Graham County
    • Agency Report (PDF, 136 KB)
    • Petition for One Additional End-Stage Renal Disease Facility in Graham County; Graham County Board of Commissioners (PDF, 611 KB)
      • Comments
        • Graham County Board of Commissioners (PDF, 473 KB)
        • Letters of Support (PDF, 57 KB)
          • 1,234 letters of support were received. They are available to be viewed at the Healthcare Planning office.
        • Senator Jim Davis (PDF, 60 KB)
        • Anonymous Letters (PDF, 138 KB)
        • Health Systems Management (PDF, 60 KB)
        • Misty Hembree (PDF, 3.46 MB)
        • DaVita (PDF, 358 KB)
        • Representative Roger West (PDF, 462 KB)
        • Butch Sanders (PDF, 604 KB)
        • Jacob Nelms (PDF, 69 KB)
        • Mike Edwards (PDF, 78 KB)
        • Brandon Jones (PDF, 97 KB)
        • Juanita Colvard (PDF, 125 KB)
  • Comment Regarding Aligning CON Application Language in Chapter 3 and 14; Bio-Medical Applications of North Carolina and Fresneius Medical Care (PDF, 84 KB)
• Chapter 15: Psychiatric Inpatient Services
  • No petitions or comments
  • Table 15A: Inventory of Psychiatric Beds, Excluding State Hospitals by Local Management Entity-Managed Care Organization (PDF, 547 KB)
  • Table 15B: 2019 Projections of Psychiatric Bed Need by Local Management Entity-Managed Care Organization Part 1. Projection of Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Bed Need for 2019 (PDF, 518 KB)
  • Table 15B: 2019 Projections of Psychiatric Bed Need by Local Management Entity-Managed Care Organization Part 2. Projection of Adult Psychiatric Bed Need for 2019 (PDF, 531 KB)
  • Table 15C(1): Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 517 KB)
• Chapter 16: Substance Abuse Inpatient and Residential Services
  • No petitions or comments
  • Table 16A: Inventory of Chemical Dependency Beds, Excluding State Facilities by Local Management Entity-Managed Care Organization & Mental Health Planning Region (PDF, 541 KB)
  • Table 16B: 2019 Projection of Chemical Dependency Treatment Bed Need by Mental Health Planning Region (PDF, 522 KB)
• Chapter 17: Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
  • No petitions or comments
  • Table 17A: Inventory of ICF/IID Facilities and Beds (PDF, 614 KB)

May 6, 2016 LTBH Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on May 6, 2016.

Download a ZIP file containing documents for the meeting on May 6, 2016. (ZIP, 18.3 MB)

• Agenda (PDF, 103 KB)
• Minutes from April 8, 2016 (PDF, 325 KB)
• Chapter 10: Nursing Care Facilities
  • Table 10A: Inventory of Nursing Home and Hospital Nursing Care Beds (PDF, 743 KB)
  • Table 10B: County Rate Calculations for Nursing Home Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 661 KB)
  • Table 10C: Nursing Care Bed Need Projections for 2020 (PDF, 635 KB)
  • Table 10D: Nursing Care Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 512 KB)
• Chapter 11: Adult Care Homes
  • Table 11A: Inventory of Adult Care Home (Assisted Living) Beds (PDF, 810 KB)
  • Table 11B: Adult Care Home Need Projections for 2020 (PDF, 633 KB)
  • Table 11C: Adult Care Home Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 512 KB)
  • Table 11D: Inventory of Nursing Homes with Six or Less Licensed Adult Care Beds (PDF, 514 KB)
• Chapter 12: Home Health Services
  • Table 12A: Home Health Data by County of Patient Origin – 2015 Data – Agencies or Offices Serving Residents of Counties by Age (PDF, 1.27 MB)
  • Table 12B: Average Annual Rates of Change in Patients and Use Rates per 1,000 Population (PDF, 750 KB)
  • Table 12C: 2018 Need Projections for Medicare-certified Home Health Agencies or Offices (PDF, 712 KB)
  • Table 12C: 2018 Need Projections for Medicare-certified Home Health Agencies or Offices (Table 2) (PDF, 542 KB)
  • Table 12D: Medicare-certified Home Health Agency or Office Need Determinations (PDF, 514 KB)
• Chapter 13: Hospice Services
  • Table 13A: Hospice Data by County of Patient Origin – 2015 Data (PDF, 707 KB)
  • Table 13B: Year 2018 Hospice Home Care Office Need Projections (PDF, 595 KB)
  • Table 13C: Year 2020 Hospice Inpatient Bed Need Projections (PDF, 593 KB)
  • Table 13D(1): Hospice Inpatient Facilities (PDF, 523 KB)
  • Table 13D(2): Hospice Inpatient Facilities Occupancy Rate for FY 2015 (PDF, 527 KB)
  • Table 13E: Hospice Residential Facilities (PDF, 518 KB)
  • Table 13F: Inventory of Hospice Residential Beds (PDF, 521 KB)
  • Table 13G: Hospice Home care Office Need Determinations (PDF, 514 KB)
• Chapter 14: End State Renal Disease
  • No documents
• Chapter 15: Psychiatric Inpatient Services
  • Table 15A: Inventory of  Psychiatric Beds, Excluding State Hospitals, By Local Management Entity (PDF, 548 KB)
  • Table 15B1: 2019 Projections of Psychiatric Bed Need by Local Management Entity-Management Care Organization (LME-MCO) Part 1: Projection of Child/Adolescent Bed Need for 2019 (PDF, 519 KB)
  • Table 15B2: 2019 Projections of Psychiatric Bed Need by Local Management Entity-Management Care Organization (LME-MCO) Part 2: Projection of Adult Bed Need for 2019 (PDF, 531 KB)
  • Table 15C (1): Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 518 KB)
  • Table 15C (2): Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 515 KB)
• Chapter 16: Substance Abuse Inpatient and Residential Services (Chemical Dependency Treatment Beds)
  • Table 16A: Inventory of Chemical Dependency (Substance Abuse) Beds, Excluding State Facilities By Local Management Entity-Managed Care Organization (LME-MCO) & Mental Health Planning Region (PDF, 541 KB)
  • Table 16B: 2018 Projection of Chemical Dependency (Substance Abuse) Treatment Bed Need By Mental Health Planning Region (PDF, 522 KB)
  • Table 16D:  Child/Adolescent Chemical Dependency (Substance Abuse) Treatment Bed Need Determinations (PDF, 514 KB)
• Chapter 17: Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
  • Table 17A: Inventory of ICF/IID  Facilities and Beds (PDF, 614 KB)
  • Table 17B:  State Facility Beds Excluded from ICF/IID Inventory By Local Management Entity-Managed Care Organization (LME-MCO) (PDF, 514 KB)

April 8, 2016 LTBH Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on April 8, 2016.

• Agenda (PDF, 178 KB)
• Minutes from September 4, 2015 (PDF, 510 KB)
• Chapter 10: Nursing Care Facilities
  • Long-Term Behavioral Health Committee: Nursing Home Methodology Workgroup Recommendations (PDF, 69 KB)
  • Proposed Chapter 4 - Nursing Home Policies (PDF, 84 KB)
  • Proposed Chapter 10 - Nursing Home Need Methodology (PDF, 97 KB)
• Chapter 11: Adult Care Homes
  • No documents
• Chapter 12: Home Health Services
  • No documents
• Chapter 13: Hospice Services
  • No documents
• Chapter 14: End Stage Renal Disease
  • No documents
• Chapter 15: Psychiatric Inpatient Services
  • Chapter 15 Proposed Methodology Change (PDF, 182 KB)
  • Agency Recommendation regarding new Behavioral Health Beds (PDF, 11 KB)
  • Revised Language for the N.C. Proposed 2017 SMFP (PDF, 8 KB)
• Chapter 16: Substance Abuse Inpatient and Residential Services (Chemical Dependency Treatment Beds)
  • Revised Language for the N.C. Proposed 2017 SMFP (PDF, 58 KB)
• Chapter 17: Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
  • Revised Language for the N.C. Proposed 2017 SMFP (PDF, 64 KB)

Technology and Equipment (TE) Committee

September 14, 2016 TE Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on September 14, 2016.

Download a ZIP file containing documents for the meeting on September 14, 2016. (ZIP, 24.9 MB)

• Agenda (PDF, 121 KB)
• Minutes for April 27, 2016 (PDF, 283 KB)
• Cardiac Catheterization Equipment
  • Petition: Cardiac Catheterization Equipment in Cumberland County
    • Agency Report (PDF, 51 KB)
    • Petition for an Adjusted Need Determination to Remove the Need for Fixed Cardiac Catheterization Equipment in Cumberland County; Cape Fear Valley Health System (PDF, 490 KB)
      • Comments
        • Cape Fear Valley Health System (PDF, 116 KB)
  • Petition: Cardiac Catheterization Equipment in Wake County
    • Agency Report (PDF, 109 KB)
    • Petition for Adjustment Need Determination for Fixed Cardiac Catheterization Equipment in Wake County; UNC REX Healthcare (PDF, 385 KB)
      • Exhibits (PDF, 4.56 MB)
      • Comments
        • UNC REX Healthcare (PDF, 222 KB)
        • N.C. Heart and Vascular (PDF, 209 KB)
        • Duke University Health System (PDF, 241 KB)
        • UNC Rex Healthcare (PDF, 177 KB)
        • WakeMed (PDF, 623 KB)
  • Table 9W: Fixed Cardiac Catheterization Equipment, Capacity and Volume (PDF, 573 KB)
  Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners (MRI)
  • Petition: MRI in Lincoln County
    • Agency Report (PDF, 115 KB)
    • Petition to Remove Need Determination for One Fixed MRI Scanner in Lincoln County; Carolinas HealthCare System (PDF, 100 KB)
      • Comments
        • Novant Health (PDF, 3.35 MB)
  • Petition: Policy TE-3
    • Agency Report (PDF, 58 KB)
    • Petition Regarding Policy TE-3: Plan Exemption for Fixed Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners; Cape Fear Valley Health System (PDF, 582 KB)
      • Comments
        • Cape Fear Valley Health System (PDF, 179 KB)
        • Alliance Healthcare Services (PDF, 78 KB)
        • N.C. Hospital Association (PDF, 171 KB)
  • Other comments regarding Magnetic Resonance Scanners
    • Public Hearing Comments Regarding Proposed Policy TE-3; Alliance Healthcare Services (PDF, 161 KB)
  • Table 9P: MRI Fixed and Mobile Procedures by MRI Service Area with Tiered Thresholds and Fixed Equivalents (PDF, 732 KB)
• Lithotripsy
  • Petition: Statewide Mobile Lithotripter
    • Agency Report (PDF, 437 KB)
    • Petition Regarding Mobile Lithotripsy Equipment Statewide Adjusted Need Determination; Triangle Lithotripsy Corporation (PDF, 418 KB)
      • Comments
        • Triangle Lithotripsy (PDF, 130 KB)
        • Representative Gary Pendleton (PDF, 65 KB)
        • Hampton Roads Lithotripsy (PDF, 970 KB)
        • Carolina Lithotripsy (PDF, 348 KB)
          • Exhibits (PDF, 5.13 MB)
        • Piedmont Stone (PDF, 630 KB)
          • Exhibits (PDF, 5.13 MB)
• Linear Accelerators
  • Agency Evaluation Report for Prostate Health Center (PDF, 76 KB)
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanners
  • No petitions
  • Other comments regarding Positron Emission Tomography Scanners
    • Comments Regarding PET Scanner Need Determination; Duke University Health System (PDF, 340 KB)
      • Duke Raleigh Hospital (PDF, 89 KB)
• Gamma Knife
  • No documents

April 27, 2016 TE Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on April 27, 2016.

Download a ZIP file containing documents for the meeting on April 27, 2016. (ZIP, 8.87 MB)

• Agenda (PDF, 69 KB)
• Minutes for March 30, 2016 (PDF, 296 KB)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners
  • Table 9P: MRI Fixed and Mobile Procedures by MRI Service Area with Tiered Thresholds and Fixed Equivalents (PDF, 712 KB)
  • Table 9R: Fixed MRI Scanner Need Determination (PDF, 513 KB)
  • Proposed TE-3: Plan Exemption for Fixed Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners (PDF, 648 KB)
• Cardiac Catheterization Equipment
  • Table 9S: Adult Diagnostic Fixed Cardiac Cath Procedures (PDF, 554 KB)
  • Table 9T: Pediatric Diagnostic Cath Procedures (PDF, 514 KB)
  • Table 9U: Mobile Cardiac Catheterization Procedures (PDF, 521 KB)
  • Table 9V: Percutaneous Coronary Interventional Procedures (PDF, 530 KB)
  • Table 9W: Fixed Cardiac Catheterization Equipment, Capacity and Volume (PDF, 555 KB)
  • Table 9X: Mobile Cardiac Catheterization Capacity and Volume (PDF, 513 KB)
  • Table 9Y/9Z/9AA: Fixed Cardiac Catheterization Equipment Need Determination (PDF, 519 KB)
• Linear Accelerators
  • Table 9G: Hospital and Free-Standing Linear Accelerators and Radiation Oncology Procedures (PDF, 575 KB)
  • Table 9H: Linear Accelerator Service Areas and Calculations (PDF, 561 KB)
  • Table 9I: Linear Accelerator Service Areas (PDF, 569 KB)
• Lithotripsy
  • Table 9A: Mobile Lithotripsy Providers and Locations Served, Table 9B: Fixed Lithotripsy Providers and Locations Served and Table 9C: Mobile and Fixed Lithotripsy (PDF, 525 KB)
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanners
  • Table 9L: PET Scanner Utilization of Existing Fixed Dedicated Scanners (PDF, 522 KB)
  • Table 9M(1):PET Scanner Provider of Mobile Dedicated Scanners and Table 9M(2): PET Scanner Sites Utilization of Existing Mobile Dedicated Scanners (PDF, 520 KB)
• Gamma Knife
  • No documents

March 30, 2016 TE Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on March 30, 2016.

Download a ZIP file containing documents for the meeting on March 30, 2016. (ZIP, 36.1 MB)

• Agenda (PDF, 70 KB)
• Minutes for September 16, 2015 (PDF, 283 KB)
• Cardiac Catheterization Equipment
  • Petition for Change to Cardiac Catheterization Need Determination Methodology; UNC Rex Healthcare (PDF, 2.39 MB)
    • Agency Report (PDF, 263 KB)
    • Comments
      • Duke University Health System (PDF, 170 KB)
      • WakeMed (PDF, 3.43 MB)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners
  • Petition for New Policy TE-3: Fixed MRI Scanners in Community Hospitals; Cape Fear Valley Health System (PDF, 4.08 MB)
    • Agency Report (PDF, 105 KB)
    • Comments
      • Alliance Healthcare Services (PDF, 196 KB)
      • Cape Fear Valley Bladen Healthcare (PDF, 542 KB)
      • Duke University Health System (PDF, 161 KB)
      • Triangle Orthopaedic Associates (PDF, 425 KB)
• Lithotripsy
  • Petition for New Technology and Equipment Policy; Hampton Roads Lithotripsy (PDF, 2.13 MB)
    • Agency Report (PDF, 244 KB)
    • Comments
      • Carolina Lithotripsy, a Limited Partnership, Fayetteville Lithotripters Limited Partnership - South Carolina II and Fayetteville Lithotripters Limited Partnership - Virginia I (PDF, 75 KB)
        • Attachment (PDF, 22.07 MB)
      • Piedmont Stone Center (PDF, 3.04 MB)
      • Triangle Lithotripsy Corporation (PDF, 226 KB)
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanners
  • No documents
• Linear Accelerators
  • No documents
• Gamma Knife
  • No documents

Operating Room Methodology Workgroup

December 13, 2016 Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on December 13, 2016.

• Agenda (PDF, 63 KB)
• FY 2011 Truven/LRA Data Comparison (PDF, 353 KB)
• Draft Models for Discussion (PDF, 128 KB)
• Facility List for Workgroup (PDF, 153 KB)
• Novant Health Comments (PDF, 243 KB)
• Carolinas HealthCare System Comments (PDF, 32 KB)
• Wake Forest Baptist Health Comments (PDF, 200 KB)
• Ascendient Comments (PDF, 332 KB)
• Truven Health Analytics Presentation (PDF, 248 KB)
• Operating Room Methodology Workgroup (PDF, 260 KB)
• NBM Health Planning Associates Comments (PDF, 1.85 MB)

November 10, 2016 Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on November 10, 2016.

• Agenda (PDF, 84 KB)
• Overview of Operating Room Petitions (PDF, 377 KB)
• Summary of Operating Room Petitions (PDF, 171 KB)
• UNC Health Care Comments (PDF, 82 KB)
• UNCCH OR Workgroup Comments (PDF, 99 KB)
• UNC REX OR Workgroup Comments (PDF, 554 KB)
• Carolinas HealthCare System Comments (PDF, 16 KB)
• Carolinas HealthCare System Presentation (PDF, 449 KB)
• Ascendient Comments (PDF, 232 KB)
• Ascendient Presentation (PDF, 219 KB)
• Graystone Eye Comments (PDF, 111 KB)
• Mission Health Comments (PDF, 106 KB)
• New Hanover Regional Medical Center Comments (PDF, 72 KB)
• PDA Comments (PDF, 187 KB)

October 11, 2016 Meeting

The following are the handouts for the meeting on October 11, 2016.

• Agenda (PDF, 210 KB)
• Charge to the SHCC 2016-2017 Operating Room Methodology Workgroup (PDF, 8 KB)
• Definitions, Basic Principles, Chapter 6 Operating Room Methodology and CON Process PowerPoint (PDF, 272 KB) - Updated
• Reference Information (PDF, 256 KB)
• Chapter 1 Overview of the N.C. Proposed 2017 SMFP (PDF, 120 KB)
• Chapter 6 Operating Rooms from the N.C. Proposed 2017 SMFP (PDF, 1.48 MB)
• 2016 License Renewal Application for Hospitals (PDF, 40 KB)
• Operating Room Methodology Workgroup History (PDF, 395 KB)