Certificate of  Need

Certificate of Need (CoN)

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• Office of Financial Management Population Forecasts

Other Links

• Adjudicative Services Unit

Links to external resources are provided as a public service and do not imply endorsement by the Washington State Department of Health

The Certificate of Need Department determines need according to factors that are variable in relation to the proposed services.  Standards are outlined in the links below.

• Ambulatory Surgery
• Adult Elective Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
• ESRD - Kidney Treatment
• Home Health (State Health Plan, v. 2)
• Hospice
• Hospice Care Centers
• Hospital
• Kidney Transplant
• Nursing Homes
• Open Heart Surgery
• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery & Interventional Treatment

• Hospital Bed Need Method from the Washington State Health Plan (sunset 1989) (PDF, 6,761KB)
• Washington State 10 year Acute Care Bed Methodology - 1999-2008  (XLS, 156KB)

ESRD Service Area Details

• Map of King County Sub Service Areas  (PDF, 355KB)
• Map of Pierce County Sub Service Areas  (PDF, 317KB)
• Map of Snohomish County Sub Service Areas  (PDF, 287KB)
• Map of Spokane County Sub Service Areas  (PDF, 217KB)

• Corresponding Zip Code Maps (PDF, 151KB) Updated Feb 20, 2008
   
• 2008 Washington ESRD Facility Utilization - NWRN Data (PDF, 13KB) Updated Feb 20, 2008
• 2007 Washington ESRD Facility Utilization - NWRN Data (PDF, 23KB)

ESRD Service Area Methodologies (Year end 2007)

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Washington State Department of Health
Certificate of Need Program
Office of Certification & Enforcement

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 47852
Olympia, WA 98504-7852

Physical Address:
310 Israel Rd SE
Tumwater, WA 98501

Phone: (360) 236-2955
Fax: (360) 236-2901

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