Certificate of Need - Proposed Empire Health Sale - Washington State Dept of Health

2008 Timeline Chart for Conversion Application
Date	Action	Done
11/9/07	Letters of intent received.	ü
11/11	Develop Empire Health Sale-general information Website.	ü
1/11/08	Applications received.	ü
1/12	Application screening began by Department of Health (DOH) and Attorney Generals Office (AGO).	ü
1/14	Set-up weekly meetings with review team and AGO team– Ongoing.	ü
1/25	Independent valuation expert opinion contract- Statement of work developed.	ü
3/3	Advertise and post Response For Proposal (RFP).	ü
3/5	Application screening deadline. Letter identifying missing items in application.	ü
3/10	Release RFP.	ü
3/28	Receive contract proposals.	ü
3/31	Evaluate contract proposals.	ü
4/1	Select contractor and prepare final contract materials.	ü
4/1	Empire Health Website refinement.	ü
4/3	File contract with Office of Financial Management.	ü
4/18	Screening response submitted by Community Health Systems (CHS). Revisions expected.	ü
4/22	Revised screening response submitted by Community Health Systems (CHS).	ü
4/23	2nd application screening begins.	ü
5/8	Application sufficiently complete to begin review	ü
5/8	AGO requests additional information	ü
5/12	“Beginning of Review” notification published in the Spokesman Review.	ü
5/29	Independent Evaluation / Expert Opinion contract signed	ü
6/3	Public Hearing Notices Published in Spokesman Review	ü
6/3	DOH Requests Additional Information	ü
6/6	Received Responses to AGO 5-8-08 Letter	ü
6/6	Received Responses to DOH 6-3-08 Letter	ü
6/16	Meeting with KPMG	ü
6/18	Meeting with KPMG	ü
6/20	KPMG Report Received (Summary)	ü
6/25-26	Public Hearings Scheduled: Click for Details	ü
8/11*	Assistant Attorney General (AAG) opinion due: tentative
9/10*	DOH decision due: tentative