The State Health Coordinating Council has published the Proposed 2018 State Medical Facilities Plan (“SMFP”), which includes need determinations of interest to a number of different types of providers. All of the proposed need determinations identified are listed below. No certificate of need application due dates or beginning review dates have been determined yet.
ACUTE CARE BED NEED DETERMINATION
| Service Area | Acute Care Bed Need Determination |
| Mecklenburg | 32 |
| Moore | 22 |
| Orange | 36 |
OPERATING ROOM NEED DETERMINATION
| Operating Room Service Area | Operating Room Need Determination |
| Buncombe | 2 |
| Durham | 4 |
| Forsyth | 6 |
| Mecklenburg | 6 |
| Orange | 6 |
| Wake | 6 |
MOBILE DEDICATED PET SCANNER NEED DETERMINATION
| Service Area | Fixed Dedicated PET Need Determination |
| Statewide | 1 |
FIXED MRI SCANNER NEED DETERMINATION
| Service Area | Fixed MRI Scanners Need Determination |
| Pasquotank/Camden/Currituck/Perquimans | 1 |
| Union | 1 |
FIXED CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION EQUIPMENT NEED DETERMINATION
| Cardiac Service Area Catheterization | Fixed Cardiac Catheterization Equipment Need Determination |
| Buncombe/Graham/Madison/Yancey | 1 |
ADULT CARE HOME BED NEED DETERMINATION
| County | HSA | Adult Care Home Bed Need Determination |
| Ashe | I | 30 |
| Greene | VI | 20 |
HOSPICE HOME CARE OFFICE NEED DETERMINATION
| County | HSA | Hospice Home Care Office Need Determination |
| Cumberland | V | 1 |
HOSPICE INPATIENT BED NEED DETERMINATION
| County | HSA | Hospice Inpatient Beds Need Determination |
| Cumberland | V | 9 |
| Wake | IV | 14 |
CHILD/ADOLESCENT CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY (SUBSTANCE ABUSE)
TREATMENT BED NEED DETERMINATION
| Mental Health Planning Region | HSA | Child/Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment Bed Need Determination |
| Central Region | II, III, IV, V | 15 |
Public hearings on the Proposed 2018 SMFP will be conducted by the SHCC at the following times and locations:
| Greensboro | July 11, 2017 | 1:30-2:30pm | Women’s Hospital 801 Green Valley Road Greensboro, NC 336-832-6500 Directions |
| Wilmington | July 14, 2017 | 1:30-2:30pm | New Hanover County – Main Library |
| Concord | July 18, 2017 | 1:30-2:30pm | CHS-NorthEast 920 Church Street Concord, NC 28025 704-403-3000 Directions |
| Asheville | July 21, 2017 | 1:30-2:30pm | Mountain Area Health Education Center 121 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 828-257-4400 Directions |
| Greenville | July 24, 2017 | 1:30-2:30pm | Pitt County Office Building 1717 West 5th Street Greenville, NC 252-902-2950 |
| Raleigh | July 26, 2017 | 1:30-2:30pm | Dorothea Dix Campus Brown Building 801 Biggs Drive Raleigh, NC 27603 Room 104 |
Persons commenting on the proposed SMFP at the public hearings should provide one written copy of their remarks.
In addition, interested parties may submit petitions to the SHCC to adjust need determinations for these and any other services which are subject to review under the SMFP, when they believe that unique or special attributes of a particular geographic area or institution give rise to resource requirements that differ from those provided by application of the standard planning procedures and policies. The Department requests that petitions be delivered to Healthcare Planning as early in the Public Review and Comment Period as possible. The deadline for submission of a petition is 5:00 p.m. on July 25, 2018. Petitions must be submitted by e-mail, mail or hand delivery.