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):

2 - Revisions in need determinations due to updates in inventory (Policy GEN-2):

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):

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.