In accordance with 7 AAC 07.031, the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) has determined that a certificate of need is not required for the health care project or activity described below:
Project/Activity: Central Peninsula Hospital (CPH) is seeking to covert prior approved shelled-space in the Specialty Clinics Building into endoscopy and procedure room suites.
Applicant’s Name: Central Peninsula General Hospital
Project/Activity Service Area: Soldotna, Alaska
Estimated Cost of Project/Activity: $864,232
Summary of Decision:
Central Peninsula Hospital’s proposed project has a cost estimate of $864,232, which is below the $1.5 million statutory threshold per AS 18.07.031. Since all conditions of the original Certificate of Need have been met, and since the project is below the CON statutory threshold, CPH’s proposed project does not require a CON. Please be aware, this determination has no effect on the conditions to CPH’s Specialty Clinics Building CON, meaning the conditions are still in full effect and will continue to be enforced by the Department in the future.
Copies of the request for determination and this decision are available on the Certificate of Need website at: http://hss.state.ak.us/Apps/CertNeed/. Copies may also be obtained by contacting the certificate of need program coordinator by mail, phone, FAX, or email as follows:
Alexandria Hicks, Coordinator Certificate of Need Program 3601 C Street, Suite 978
Anchorage, AK 99503-5924
Phone: (907) 754-3428
; FAX: (907) 334-2220
Email: Alexandria.hicks@alaska.gov
A person who requested a determination under 7 AAC 07.031 may seek reconsideration of the determination by submitting a written request for reconsideration to the department. A request for reconsideration must be postmarked no later than February 11, 2015 and be made in conformance with 7 AAC 07.033. A decision under 7 AAC 07.033 constitutes the final administrative decision of the department.
DATE: January 9, 2015
Anchorage, Alaska
/s/Alexandria Hicks
Certificate of Need Program Coordinator