West Virginia Health Care Authority

The HCA Mission


The West Virginia Health Care Authority works to:
  • Protect Citizens from unreasonable increases in the cost of healthcare services;
  • Promote appropriate distribution of quality health care services;
  • Promote the financial viability of the healthcare delivery system; and,
  • Assure the collection, analysis and dissemination of health related information to citizens, providers, policy makers and other customers.


Vision

All West Virginians will have appropriate access to a continuum of affordable, quality, coordinated healthcare services.


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Welcome to the West Virginia Health Care Authority’s Website.

The West Virginia Health Care Authority Operations:

  • Regulates the need for capital expenditures of covered services for health facilities through the certificate of need (CON) program. 
  • Collects, analyzes, and disseminates health care financial and clinical data to assess utilization, access, costs, and quality.

News and Announcements

 

 Neonatal Intensive Care Units

 
​The CON Standards for Neonatal Intensive Care Units were approved by the Governor on August 21, 2020.  A copy of the approved Standards can be found by clicking on the link below

•       Neonatal Intensive Care Units
 

 Exemption from Certificate of Need - Public Comment

 

The West Virginia Health Care Authority has scheduled a public comment period to receive comments on the Exemption from Certificate of Need Rule.  The Rule can be found here:  http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/ruleview.aspx?document=17255&KeyWord=

Written comments may be submitted to April L. Robertson, General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Resources, One Davis Square, Suite 100, Charleston, WV 25301 or via email at April.L.Robertson@wv.gov. Comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 23, 2020.
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