Part X. Miscellaneous Capital Expenditures
12VAC5-230-750. Purpose.
This part of the SMFP is intended to provide general guidance in the review of projects that require COPN authorization by virtue of their expense but do not involve changes in the bed or service capacity of a medical care facility addressed elsewhere in this chapter. This part may be used in coordination with other service specific parts addressed elsewhere in this chapter.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-760. Project need.
12VAC5-230-760. Project need.
A. All applications involving a capital expenditure with an expenditure exceeding the threshold amount as determined using the formula contained in subsection B of this section by a medical care facility should include documentation that the expenditure is necessary in order for the facility to meet the identified medical care needs of the public it serves. Such documentation should clearly identify that the expenditure:
1. Represents the most cost-effective approach to meeting the identified need; and
2. The ongoing operational costs will not result in unreasonable increases in the cost of delivering the services provided.
B. The capital expenditure threshold referenced in subsection A of this section shall be adjusted annually using the percentage increase listed in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the most recent year as follows:
A x (1+B)
where:
A = the capital expenditure threshold amount for the previous year
and
B = the percent increase for the expense category "Medical Care" listed in the most recent year available of the CPI-U of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009; amended, Virginia Register Volume 30, Issue 8, eff. February 4, 2014.
12VAC5-230-770. Facilities expansion.
Applications for the expansion of medical care facilities should document that the current space provided in the facility for the areas or departments proposed for expansion is inadequate. Such documentation should include:
1. An analysis of the historical volume of work activity or other activity performed in the area or department;
2. The projected volume of work activity or other activity to be performed in the area or department; and
3. Evidence that contemporary design guidelines for space in the relevant areas or departments, based on levels of work activity or other activity, are consistent with the proposal.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-780. Renovation or modernization.
A. Applications for the renovation or modernization of medical care facilities should provide documentation that:
1. The timing of the renovation or modernization expenditure is appropriate within the life cycle of the affected building or buildings; and
2. The benefits of the proposed renovation or modernization will exceed the costs of the renovation or modernization over the life cycle of the affected building or buildings to be renovated or modernized.
B. Such documentation should include a history of the affected building or buildings, including a chronology of major renovation and modernization expenses.
C. Applications for the general renovation or modernization of medical care facilities should include downsizing of beds or other service capacity when such capacity has not operated at a reasonable level of efficiency as identified in the relevant sections of this chapter during the most recent five-year period.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.
12VAC5-230-790. Equipment.
Applications for the purchase and installation of equipment by medical care facilities that are not addressed elsewhere in this chapter should document that the equipment is needed. Such documentation should clearly indicate that the (i) proposed equipment is needed to maintain the current level of service provided, or (ii) benefits of the change in service resulting from the new equipment exceed the costs of purchasing or leasing and operating the equipment over its useful life.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-102.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 9, eff. February 15, 2009.