Certificate of Need Resource Center
A Certificate of Need is approval by the Director of the Ohio
Department of Health to conduct certain activities involving
long-term care facilities and beds. The following activities
require a Certificate of Need:
- Establishment of a new long-term care facility
- Replacement of an existing long-term care facility
- Renovation of or addition to a long-term care facility with a
capital cost of $2 million or more, not including costs for
equipment.
- Increase in long-term care bed capacity
- Relocation of long-term care beds from one site to another
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- Relocation of beds within the same county
- Relocation of not more than 30 licensed nursing home beds from
an existing nursing home to another existing nursing home located
in a contiguous county
- Certain changes to a previously approved certificate of
need
- Expenditure of more than 110% of the certificate of need
approved amount
An application for
Certificate of Need approval for these activities may be filed with
the Ohio Department of Health at any time. The typical Certificate of Need review
process for these activities generally takes up to six months,
notwithstanding an objection.
In addition, the Director may accept for review from July 1,
2012 through July 31, 2012, Certificate of Need applications under
a comparative review process to relocate beds from a county with
too many beds to a county with too few beds pursuant to bed need
formula results. The Statewide county long-term
care bed supply map of Ohio identifies those counties that may
participate in bed need formula relocations and the number of beds
that may be approved for relocation. The comparative review
process for applications filed pursuant to the bed need formula
runs from July 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013, notwithstanding an
objection.
Resources:
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For more information, contact Chris Kenney at 614-227-4865 or ckenney@QMCG.com.
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