Decisions and Evaluations

Nursing Home Bed Banking

Looking for bed banking evaluations released after June 30, 2019? They are on our Projects' Status webpage.

March 2019

• Everett Transitional Care Services (BB#19-03) (PDF) – approval to bank 31 skilled nursing beds in Everett, within Snohomish County.

December 2018 – February 2019

• No decisions released in December 2018 through February 2019.

November 2018

• Tekoa Care Center (BB#19-01) (PDF) – approval to bank 32 nursing home beds in Tekoa, within Whitman County.
• Central Washington Hospital (BB#19-01) (PDF) – approval to bank 22 transitional care unit beds in Wenatchee, within Chelan County.

August – October 2018

• No decisions released in August through October 2018.

July 2018

• Woodland Enterprises, Inc dba Woodland Convalescent Center (BB#18-03) (PDF) – proposing to bank two beds under alternate use provisions of RCE 70.38.111(9) in Cowlitz County.
• Soundcare, Inc. dba Messenger House Care Center (BB#18-11) (PDF) – proposing to bank 96 nursing home beds under full facility closure provisions of RCW 70.38.115(13)(b) in Kitsap County.
• Soundcare, Inc.dba Nisqually Valley Care Center (BB#18-10) (PDF) – proposing to bank 63 nursing home beds under full facility closure provisions of RCW 70.38.115(13)(b) in Pierce County.

June 2018

• No decisions released in June.

May 2018

• Providence Health & Services-Washington (BB#18-07) (PDF) – proposing to bank 49 beds under alternate use provisions of RCW 70.38.111(9) in Spokane County.

April 2018

• Health and Rehabilitation of North Seattle (BB#18-09) (PDF) – proposing to bank 119 beds under full facility closure provisions of RCW 70.38.115(13)(b) in King County.

March 2018

• No decisions released in March.

February 2018

• The Kenney (BB#18-08) (PDF) – proposing to bank 20 nursing home beds under full facility closure provisions of RCW 70.38.115(13)(b) in King County.

January 2018

• No decisions released in January.

Certificate of Need Evaluations

Looking for Certificate of Need evaluations released after June 30, 2019? They are on our Projects' Status webpage.

June 2019

• PeaceHealth United General Medical Center (CN app #18-30) (PDF) – approval to reallocate ten acute care beds to swing beds in Sedro Woolley, within east Skagit.
• DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. – North Star Division (CN app #18-61) (PDF) – approval to establish a 17-station dialysis center in Spokane, within Spokane planning area two. CN #1782 (PDF)
• Providence Health & Services – Washington (CN app #18-34) (PDF) – approval to add 52 acute care beds to Providence St. Peter Hospital Medical Center in Olympia, within Thurston. CN #1780 (PDF)

May 2019

• Providence St. Mary Medical Center (CN app #18-22) (PDF) – approval to establish an ambulatory surgical facility in Walla Walla, within Walla Walla.​ CN #1779 (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. (CN app #18-56) (PDF) – approval for the addition of seven dialysis stations to DaVita Westwood Dialysis Center located in Seattle, within King three. CN #1776 (PDF)
• Puget Sound Kidney Centers (CN app #18-55) (PDF) – approval to establish a 10-station dialysis center in Snohomish one. CN #1777 (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. (CN app #18-63) (PDF) – denial of the proposal to establish a 10-station dialysis center within Snohomish one.
• DaVita, Inc. (CN app #19-23) (PDF) – approval for the addition of one dialysis station to Cascade Dialysis Center located in Burlington, within Skagit. CN #1773 (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. (CN app #19-24) (PDF) – approval for the addition of one dialysis station to Bellevue Dialysis Center located in Bellevue, within King seven. CN #1774 (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. (CN app #19-26) (PDF) – approval for the addition of two dialysis stations to Kent Community Dialysis Center located in Kent, within King ten. CN #1775 (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. (CN app #18-62) (PDF) – approval to establish a nine-station dialysis center, within Pierce one. CN #1771 (PDF)
• Springstone, LLC (CN app #19-10) (PDF) – approval to amend certificate of need #1590 by removing a condition attached to the approval, within Clark. CN #1590A (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. (CN app #18-58) (PDF) – denial to establish a 19-station dialysis center within King one.
• DaVita, Inc. (CN app #18-57) (PDF) – approval to relocate and denial to add nine stations to its existing dialysis center, DaVita Everett Dialysis Center, within Snohomish two.
• Puget Sound Kidney Centers (CN app #18-53) (PDF) – approval to establish a 19-station dialysis center, within King one.
• Northwest Kidney Centers (CN app #18-50) (PDF) – approval to establish a nine-station dialysis center, within Snohomish two. CN #1781 (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers (CN app #18-49) (PDF) – denial to add 19 stations to its existing dialysis center, NKC Lake City Kidney Center, within King one.

April 2019

• US HealthVest (CN app #17-48) (PDF) – denial of the proposal to establish a 70-bed psychiatric hospital in Bellingham, within Whatcom.
• MultiCare Health System, Tacoma General/Allenmore Hospital (CN app #18-20) (PDF) – approval to add 14 Level 4 neonatal intensive care unit beds to MultiCare Tacoma General/Allenmore Hospital in Tacoma, within Pierce.
• PeaceHealth United General Medical Center (CN app #19-13) (PDF) – approval to establish a ten-bed level II rehabilitation unit at United General Hospital in Sedro Woolley, within east Skagit. CN #1770 (PDF)

March 2019

• Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center (CN app #18-27) (PDF) – denial of the proposal to establish an adult elective percutaneous coronary intervention program at Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver, within Clark.

February 2019

• Public Hospital District No. 1 of King County dba Valley Medical Center (CN app #18-18) (PDF) – approval to establish a three-operating room ambulatory surgery center in Renton, within King. CN #1769 (PDF)

January 2019

• Public Hospital District No. 1 dba Valley Medical Center (CN app #18-17) (PDF) – approval to establish a six-operating room ambulatory surgical facility in Covington, within King. CN #1768 (PDF)
• Public Hospital District No. 1 dba Valley Medical Center (CN app #18-16) (PDF) – approval to establish a three-operating room ambulatory surgical facility in Renton, within King. CN #1767 (PDF)
• Professional Recreation Organization, Inc., dba PRO Sports Club (CN app #18-15) (PDF) – approval to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, within King. CN #1763 (PDF)

December 2018

• Walla Walla Clinic, Inc. PS (CN app #18-14) (PDF) – approval to establishment an ambulatory surgery center in Walla Walla, within Walla Walla. CN #1764 (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. (app CN#18-45) (PDF) – approval to add two dialysis stations to the 12-station Downtown Spokane Renal Center in Spokane, within Spokane one. CN #1756 (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. (app CN#18-44) (PDF) – approval to add two dialysis stations to the 16-station Federal Way Community Dialysis Center in Federal Way, within King five. CN #1755 (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. (app CN#18-43) (PDF) – approval to add two dialysis stations to the 10-station Spokane Valley Renal Center in Spokane Valley, within Spokane one. CN #1754 (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care (app CN#18-40) (corrected PDF) – approval to add two dialysis stations to the 12-station Fresenius Kidney Care Gig Harbor in Gig Harbor, within Pierce three. CN #1761 (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care (app CN #18-39) (corrected PDF) – approval to add two dialysis stations to the 12-station Fresenius Kidney Care Chehalis in Chehalis, within Lewis County. CN #1762 (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care (app CN #18-38) (second corrected PDF) – approval to add two dialysis stations to the 22-station Fresenius Kidney Care Mt. Rainier in Tacoma, within Pierce four. CN #1759 (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care (app CN #18-37) (second corrected PDF) – approval to add two dialysis stations to the 14-station Fresenius Kidney Care Puyallup in Puyallup, within Pierce one. CN #1760 (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care (app CN #18-36) (corrected PDF) – approval to add two dialysis stations to the 14-station Fresenius Kidney Care Tacoma East in Tacoma, within Pierce four. CN #1758 (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care (app CN #18-35) (corrected PDF) – approval to add two dialysis stations to the 22-station Fresenius Kidney Care South Tacoma in Tacoma, within Pierce four. CN #1757 (PDF)

November 2018

• Evergreen Kitsap, LLC (app CN#18-28) (PDF) – approval to unbank 10 skilled nursing beds in Silverdale, within Kitsap County. CN #1753 (PDF)
• CHI Franciscan Health (app CN#18-21) (PDF) – approval to add 76 medical/surgical beds to St. Joseph Medical Center, in Tacoma, within Pierce County.

October 2018

• Northwest Eye Surgeons (app CN#18-25) (PDF) – to establish a two-operating room ambulatory surgical facility in Seattle, within King County's North planning area. CN #1749 (PDF)
• Northwest Eye Surgeons (app CN#18-24) (PDF) – to establish a two-operating room ambulatory surgical facility in Mount Vernon, within Skagit County's East planning area. CN #1748 (PDF)
• Northwest Eye Surgeons (app CN#18-23) (PDF) – to establish a two-operating room ambulatory surgical facility in Sequim, within Clallam County's, East planning area. CN #1747 (PDF)
• Virginia Mason Medical Center (app CN#18-10) (PDF) – proposing to establish a free-standing ambulatory surgery center in the East King County Secondary Health Services area. CN #1746 (PDF)

September 2018

• CHI Franciscan Health (app CN#18-19) (PDF) – proposing to add eleven level III NICU beds to St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, within Pierce County. CN #1750 (PDF)
• Envision Home Health of Washington (app CN#18-07) – proposing to establish a new Medicare-certified hospice agency in Thurston County. CN #1745 (PDF)
• Inspiring Hospice Partners of Oregon dba Heart of Hospice (app CN#18-05) – proposing to operate its existing Medicare- and Medicaid-certified hospice agency in Thurston County.
• Healthy Living at Home – Vancouver, LLC (app CN#18-09) – proposing to establish a Medicare and Medicaid home health agency in Vancouver in Clark County. CN #1744

August 2018

• Prosser Memorial Hospital (app CN#18-13) (PDF) – proposing to construct replacement nursing facility adjacent to Richland Care Center and reopen 36 beds banked in 2010, Benton County. CN #1743 (PDF)
• Capella Healthcare, Inc. and Lourdes Hospital, LLC (CN#17-38) (PDF) – proposing to acquire Lourdes Medical Center, in Franklin County. CN #1742 (PDF)
• Capella Healthcare, Inc. and Lourdes Hospital, LLC (CN#17-37) (PDF) – proposing to acquire Lourdes Counseling Center, in Benton County. CN #1741 (PDF)
• Capella Healthcare, Inc. and Lourdes Hospital, LLC (HC#17-01) (PDF) – proposing to convert two nonprofit hospitals - Lourdes Medical Center and Lourdes Counseling Center, in Benton and Franklin Counties. HC #17-01 Confirmation Letter (PDF)

July 2018

• RCCH Trios Healthcare, LLC (app #18-64) (PDF) – proposing to acquire substantially all of the assets of Kennewick Public Hospital District No. 1 dba Trios Health, formerly Kennewick General Hospital in Benton County. CN #1740 (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care – reduce the number of approved stations from 24 to 22 at PNRS Clark County Dialysis Clinic. Issuance of this Certificate of Need and reduction in stations is consistent with the Certificate of Need Dispute Resolution Agreement effective March 12, 2013. CN #1484 (PDF)

June 2018

• No decisions released in June.

May 2018

• Eden Home Health of King County, LLC (App #18-02) (PDF) – application to establish a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified home health agency in Seattle, within King County. CN# 1739 (PDF)
• Signature Healthcare Services, LLC (App #15-15A) – application to construct a 105-bed psychiatric hospital in Pierce County pursuant to the settlement agreement in Signature Healthcare Services, LLC v. Washington State Department of Health, Pierce County Superior Court, No. 17-2-07040-3 (Settlement Agreement). Intent to Issue (PDF)
• DaVita (App #17-42A) (PDF) – application to relocate DaVita Ellensburg Dialysis Center and add seven new stations in Ellensburg, within Kittitas County.
• Proliance Surgeons, Inc., P.S. dba Minor and James Endoscopy Center – CN #17-47 (PDF) – request to establish an ambulatory surgical facility in Seattle, within King County. CN #1738 (PDF)

April 2018

• No decisions released in April.

March 2018

• DaVita (App #17-45) (PDF) – application to add three stations to the Graham Dialysis Center in Graham n Pierce County, ESRD planning area #2. CN #1735 (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers (App #17-32) (PDF) – application to add nine stations to the existing NKC Kent Kidney Center in Kent, within King County, ESRD planning area #10. CN #1734 (PDF)

February 2018

• Providence Health & Services (App #18-01) (PDF) – application to add three operating rooms to Providence Surgery and Procedure Center in Spokane County. CN #1733 (PDF)
• Northwest Eye Surgeons, PC (App #17-29) (PDF) – application to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Renton, within southeast King County. CN #1631 (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers (App #17-41) (PDF) – application to establish a 12-station dialysis center in King County planning area #2. CN #1630 (PDF)

January 2018

• Updated certificates relating to one-time, one-station administrative adjustment to station counts for a dedicated isolation station per WAC 246-310-809.

• CHI Franciscan Health (PDF)
• DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care (PDF)
  • Revised CN #1728R (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers (PDF)
• Olympic Peninsula Kidney Centers (PDF)
• PeaceHealth Dialysis Center (PDF)
  • Revised CN #1693R (PDF)
• Puget Sound Kidney Centers (PDF)
• Seattle Children's Hospital Dialysis Center (PDF)
• Skagit Valley Kidney Center (PDF)
• Tri-State Memorial Hospital (PDF)
• Renal Care Group (App #18-11) (PDF) – application to add four dialysis stations to Fresenius Kidney Care Thurston Dialysis Center in Lacey, within Thurston County. Application withdrawn.
• Renal Care Group (App #18-12) (PDF) – application to add three dialysis stations to Fresenius Kidney Care South Tacoma Dialysis Center in Tacoma, within Pierce County, ESRD planning area #4. Application withdrawn.
• Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (App #17-12) (PDF) – application to establish a five operating room ambulatory surgery center in Everett, within Central Snohomish County. CN #1628 (PDF)

Determinations of Reviewability

Looking for determinations of reviewability released after June 30, 2019? They are on our Projects' Status webpage.

June 2019

• The Everett Clinic, PLLC – DOR #19-15 (PDF) – exempt from review for an ambulatory surgical facility in Edmonds, within Snohomish.
• Empire Eye Physicians, PS – DOR #19-13 (PDF) – exempt from review for the relocation of an existing ambulatory surgical facility in Spokane Valley, within Spokane.
• April Holdings, PLLC – DOR #19-12 (PDF) – exempt from review for a new ambulatory surgical facility in Bellevue, within King.
• BHC Fairfax Hospital, Inc. dba Fairfax Hospital North – PER #19-18 (PDF) – exempt from review for the addition of 30 psychiatric beds to Fairfax Hospital North in Everett, within Snohomish.

May 2019

• No evaluations of determinations of reviewability released in May 2019.

April 2019

• Bethany of the Northwest – DOR #19-14 (PDF) – approved for the replacement of 31 nursing home beds from Bethany at Pacific to Bethany at Silver Lake, both within Snohomish. RA #098 (PDF)

March 2019

• No evaluations of determinations of reviewability released in March 2019.

February 2019

• Total Renal Care a subsidiary of DaVita Inc. dba DaVita Puyallup Dialysis Center – DOR #19-09 and RA #097 (PDF) – approved for replacement of DaVita Puyallup Dialysis Center to a new site Puyallup, within Pierce County.

January 2019

• Seattle Pain Relief, PLLC – DOR #19-11 (PDF) – exempt from review, for an ambulatory surgical facility to be located in Seattle, within King County.

December 2018

• No evaluations of determinations of reviewability released in December 2018.

November 2018

• SCH Medical Center, dba Astria Toppenish Hospital – DOR #19-07 and CN #1751 (PDF) – exempt from review of 15 psychiatric bed addition to Astria Toppenish Hospital, under RCW 70.38.260(2) and relinquishing of CN #1622, in Toppenish, within Yakima County.
• Seattle Pain Relief, PLLC – DOR #19-05 (PDF) – exempt from review for an ambulatory surgical facility located in Federal Way, within King County.

October 2018

• Northwest Neurosciences, PLLC dba Northwest Spine Center – DOR #19-02 (PDF) – exempt to build an ambulatory surgery facility, that would be co-located with an existing spine clinic in Bellevue, within King County.

September 2018

• Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute, Inc., P.C. – DOR #18-23 (PDF) – requesting to establish a two-operating room ambulatory surgical facility in Vancouver, Clark County.
• Columbia Lutheran Ministries dba Columbia Lutheran Homes – DOR #19-01 and RA #096 (PDF) – requesting renovation of its existing nursing home in Seattle, King County.

August 2018

• West Valley Nursing Homes, Inc. dba Summitview Healthcare Center – DOR #18-25 and RA #095 (PDF) – requesting renovation of their existing nursing home in Yakima, within Yakima County.
• Fresenius Medical Care – DOR #18-24 and RA #094 (PDF) – requesting relocation request from Lacey to Olympia, both within Thurston County.

July 2018

• Acute Pain Management, PLLC – DOR #18-18 (PDF) – requesting exemption for an ambulatory surgery facility in Bellevue, within King County.

June 2018

• Evergreen Eye Partners, LLC – DOR #18-22 (PDF) – requesting a change of ownership in Seattle, within King County.

May 2018

• MultiCare Health System – DOR #18-21 and CN #1737 (PDF) – requesting the addition of 30 psychiatric beds at Navos in Seattle, within King County.
• UW Medicine/University of Washington Medical Center – DOR #18-20 (PDF) – requesting to consolidate two licenses in Seattle, within King County. CN #1736 (PDF).
• Washington Center for Pain Management, PLLC – DOR #18-02 (PDF) – request to establish an ambulatory surgery facility in Olympia, within Thurston County.
• Sound Plastic Surgery – DOR #18-13 (PDF) – request to establish an ambulatory surgery facility in Seattle, within King County.

April 2018

• Kindred Healthcare – DOR #18-17 (PDF) – request regarding Kindred's upcoming reorganization which will impact various facilities throughout the state.
• Pacific Cataract & Laser Institute – DOR #18-09 (PDF) – request to relocate two operating ambulatory surgical facilities in Bellevue, within King County.
• Franke Tobey Jones – DOR #18-06 and RA #093 (PDF) – request for replacement authorization of Franke Tobey Jones on the same site in Tacoma, within Pierce County.
• Proliance Surgeons – DOR #17-19 (PDF) – request for exemption to establish an ambulatory surgery facility in Tacoma, within Pierce County.
• Western Washington Medical Group – DOR #18-07 (PDF) – request for exemption to establish an ambulatory surgery facility in Everett, within Snohomish County.
• Blackburn & Whitney, MD PS – DOR #17-10 (PDF) – request for exemption to establish an ambulatory surgery facility in Bellingham, within Whatcom County.
• Fresenius Medical Care – DOR #18-15 (PDF) – request to relocate FMC Aberdeen Dialysis Center to a new site also within Grays Harbor County. RA #092 (PDF)
• Alderwood Surgical Center, LLC – DOR #18-12 (PDF) – request for exemption to establish an ambulatory surgery facility in Seattle, within King County.
• Soundview Ambulatory Surgery Center – DOR #17-16R (PDF) – request to reconsider an exemption request to establish an ambulatory surgery facility in Gig Harbor, within Pierce County.

March 2018

• Northwest Kidney Centers – DOR #18-16 (PDF) – request to replace NKC West Seattle Kidney Center to a new site within King County, ESRD planning area #3.
• Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center – DOR #18-10 (PDF) – request to relocate two operating rooms at Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center in Vancouver, Clark County.
• Northwest Kidney Centers – DOR #18-16 (PDF) – proposed exemption request for relocation of NKC West Seattle Kidney Center in Seattle, within King County.

February 2018

• Ear, Nose, Throat, Facial Plastic Surgery and Allergy of Western Washington, Inc. – DOR #18-03 (PDF) – request to establish an exempt timeshare surgery center in Enumclaw, King County.
• Women's Wellness, PLLC – DOR #18-01 (PDF) – request to establish an exempt timeshare surgery center in Enumclaw, King County.

January 2018

• Lynnwood Health Services, Inc. – DOR #17-15 (PDF) – renovation authorization for Lynnwood Post Acute Rehabilitation Center located in Lynnwood, Snohomish County (RA#090).
• Frontier Neurosurgery – DOR #17-01 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Yakima, Yakima County.

Program Decision Archives

2017

• Bed Banking
• Certificate of Need
• Determinations of Reviewability

Bed Banking

December 2017

• Life Care Center of the San Juan Islands (BB#18-06) (PDF) – proposing to bank 85 nursing home beds under full facility closure provisions of RCW 70.38.115(13)(b). Skagit County.
• San Juan Rehabilitation and Care Center (BB#18-04) (PDF) – proposing to bank 26 nursing home beds under full facility closure provisions of RCW 70.38.115(13)(b). Skagit County.

November 2017

• No decisions released in November.

October 2017

• Sea Mar Community Care Center (BB#18-05) (PDF) – withdrawal of alternate use bed banking request for Sea Mar Community Care Center in Seattle, within King County.

September 2017

• Columbia County Public Hospital District #1 (BB#17-06) (PDF) – proposing to bank 11 skilled nursing beds at Booker Rest Home in Dayton, Columbia County.

August 2017

• Hope Care, Inc. (BB#17-05) (PDF) – withdrawal of alternate use bed banking request for San Juan Rehabilitation and Care Center in Anacortes, within Skagit County.
• Anderson Nursing Home, LLC (BB#18-02) (PDF) – proposing to bank 112 nursing home beds under the full facility closure provisions of RCW 70.38.115(13)(b). King County.
• Cashmere Convalescent Center (BB#18-01) (PDF) – proposing to convert 21 nursing home beds banked under the alternate use provisions of RCW 70.38.111(8). Chelan County.

April, May, June, July 2017

• No decisions released in the months referenced above.

March 2017

• East Adams Care Center, LLC (BB #17-01) (PDF) – proposing to bank 50 nursing home beds under the full facility closure provisions of RCW.70.38.115(13)(b). Adams County

February 2017

• The Hearthstone (BB #17-02) (PDF) – proposing to bank four nursing home beds under the alternate use provisions of RCW.70.38.111(8). King County.

January 2017

• No decisions released in January.

Certificate of Need

December 2017

• Providence Health & Services dba Providence St. Peter Hospital (App #16-40) (PDF) – application proposing to establish a 85-bed psychiatric hospital in Lacey, within Thurston County.
• US HealthVest, LLC (App #17-22) (PDF) – application proposing to establish a new 75-bed psychiatric hospital in Lacey, within Thurston County.
• DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (App #17-46) (PDF) – application proposing to establish an eight-station dialysis center in Elma, within Grays Harbor County.
• Kalpine Dialysis, LLC (App #17-44) (PDF) – application proposing to establish an eight-station dialysis center in Elma, within Grays Harbor County.
• Fresenius Medical Care (App #17-40) (PDF) – application proposing to add eight dialysis stations to FMC Aberdeen Dialysis Center in Grays Harbor County. CN #1627 (PDF)
• Envision Home Health of Washington (App #18-03) (PDF) – application proposing to establish Medicare and Medicaid home health services in Pierce County. CN #1626 (PDF)

November 2017

• CHI Franciscan Health (App #17-09) Reconsideration Evaluation (PDF) – application proposing to relocate 242 licensed acute care beds from Harrison Medical Center's Bremerton campus to the Silverdale campus. CN#1601R (PDF)
• Careage Home Health, LLC (App #17-36) (PDF) – application proposing to expand its Medicare- and Medicaid-certified home health agency to serve Thurston County. CN #1623 (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers (App #17-31) (PDF) – application proposing to construct a new 10-station kidney dialysis facility in Pierce County planning area #4. CN#1621 (PDF)

October 2017

• Chesnut Institute of Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery (App #17-35) (PDF) – application proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane, Spokane County. CN #1619 (PDF)

September 2017

• Digestive Disease and Endoscopy Center (App #17-30) (PDF) – application proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Silverdale, Kitsap County. CN #1615 (PDF)
• Gastroenterology Associates (App #17-21) (PDF) – application proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Olympia, Thurston County.

August 2017

• Sound Surgeons, PLLC (App #17-24) (PDF) – application proposing to expand Northwest Weight Loss Surgery Center in Everett, within central Snohomish County. CN #1617 (PDF)
• Proliance Surgeons, Inc. PS dba Everett Bone & Joint Surgery Center (App #17-07) (PDF) – application proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Everett, within central Snohomish County. CN #1616 (PDF)
• Regional Health (App #17-26) (PDF) – application proposing to purchase Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center in Yakima, Yakima County. CN #1613 (PDF)
• Regional Health (App #17-25) (PDF) – application proposing to purchase Toppenish Community Hospital in Toppenish, Yakima County. CN #1612 (PDF)
• Inspiring Hospice Partners of Oregon dba Heart of Hospice (App #17-10) (PDF) – application proposing to establish a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified hospice services in Klickitat County. CN #1614 (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers (App #17-16) (PDF) – application proposing to establish a six-station dialysis center in Yakima County.
• DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. (App #17-17) (PDF) – application proposing to establish a six-station dialysis center in Yakima County. CN#1611 (PDF)
• Kadlec Regional Medical Center dba NEWCO (App #17-19) (PDF) – application proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Richland, Benton County. CN #1608 (PDF)
• Eastside Endoscopy Center, LLC (App #17-14) (PDF) – application proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, east King County. CN #1609 (PDF)
• Eastside Endoscopy Center, LLC (App #17-15) (PDF) – application proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Issaquah, east King County. CN #1610 (PDF)

July 2017

• Harvard Partners, LLC (App #17-11) (PDF) – application proposing to establish Medicare and Medicaid home health services in Pierce County.
• Envision Home Health of Washington (App #17-03) (PDF) – application proposing to establish Medicare and Medicaid home health services in Pierce County.
• Careage Home Health, LLC (App #17-08) (PDF) – application proposing to establish a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified home health agency in Pierce County. CN#1607 (PDF)

June 2017

• MultiCare Health System (App #17-27) (PDF) – application proposing to purchase Valley Hospital in Spokane, Spokane County. CN #1605 (PDF)
• MultiCare Health System (App #17-28) (PDF) – application proposing to purchase Deaconess Hospital in Spokane Valley, Spokane County. CN #1606 (PDF)
• Confluence Health (App #17-20) (PDF) – application proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Moses Lake, Grant County. CN #1603 (PDF)
• Confluence Health (App #17-23) (PDF) – application proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Omak, Okanogan County. CN #1604 (PDF)

May 2017

• Providence Health & Services (App #17-13) (PDF) – application proposing to add acute care bed capacity to Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Snohomish County. CN #1602 (PDF)
• CHI Franciscan Health (App #17-09) (PDF) – application proposing to relocate 242 licensed acute care beds from Harrison Medical Center's Bremerton campus to the Silverdale campus. CN #1601 (PDF)

April 2017

• Northwest Kidney Centers (App #17-04) (PDF) – proposing to establish a seven-station dialysis center in King County planning area #5. CN #1600 (PDF)
• CHI Franciscan Health (App #17-05A) (PDF) – proposing to establish a seven-station dialysis center in King County planning area #5.
• Providence Health & Services dba Providence St. Peter Hospital and Universal Health Services, Inc. – BHC Fairfax Hospital, Inc. (App #16-40) (PDF) – joint application proposing to establish an 85-bed psychiatric hospital in Thurston County.

March 2017

• Seattle Children's Hospital (App #16-29) (PDF) – proposing to add acute care bed capacity to the hospital in Seattle. King County. CN #1599 (PDF)
• Evaluation for the six applications referenced below all proposing to add dialysis stations within Pierce County planning area #5 (PDF)
  • CHI Franciscan Health (App #16-32) – proposing to add dialysis stations within Pierce County planning area #5. (Decision cover letter) (PDF)
  • Puget Sound Kidney Centers (App #16-33) – proposing to add dialysis stations within Pierce County planning area #5. (Decision cover letter) CN #1598 (PDF)
  • DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (App #16-34) – proposing to add dialysis stations within Pierce County planning area #5. (Decision cover letter) CN #1597 (PDF)
  • DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (App #16-35) – proposing to add dialysis stations within Pierce County planning area #5. (Decision cover letter) (PDF)
  • DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (App #16-36) – proposing to add dialysis stations within Pierce County planning area #5. (Decision cover letter) (PDF)
  • Fresenius Medical Care (App #16-37) – proposing to add dialysis stations within Pierce County planning area #5. (Decision cover letter) (PDF)
• Washington Center for Pain Management, PLLC (App #16-38) – proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, east King County. CN #1596 (PDF)
• Encore Home Health, LLC (App #16-30) – proposing to establish a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified home health agency in Kitsap County. CN #1595 (PDF)

February 2017

• Northwest Kidney Centers (App #16-31) (PDF) – proposing to establish a 14-station dialysis center in Federal Way, King County planning area #11. CN #1593 (PDF)

January 2017

• No decisions released in January.

Determinations of Reviewability

December 2017

• Astria Sunnyside Hospital – DOR #18-11 and CN #1625 (PDF) – exemption request to add 10 psychiatric beds to the hospital in Yakima County.
• Astria Toppenish Hospital – DOR #18-08 and CN #1622 (PDF) – exception request to convert 15 licensed beds to psychiatric beds at the hospital in Yakima County.

November 2017

No determinations of reviewability released in November.

October 2017

• Cascade Behavioral Hospital, LLC – DOR #18-05 and CN #1620 (PDF) – exception request to modify the hospital's approved bed capacity.
• Lake Chelan Community Hospital – DOR #17-21 (PDF) – exception request for a hospital replacement.

September 2017

• Gig Harbor Operations, LLC – DOR #18-04 (PDF) – Amended Renovation Authorization for Cottesmore of Life Care located in Gig Harbor, Pierce County. (RA#084RA)

August 2017

• Soundview Ambulatory Surgery Center – DOR #17-16 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Gig Harbor, Pierce County.
• Professional Recreation Organization, Inc. dba Pro Sports Club – DOR #17-06 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, King County.

July 2017

• Sunnyside Community Hospital – DOR #17-18 (PDF) – request for a six-month extension to the validity of CN #1556, Yakima County.
• Inland Northwest Surgery center, PLLC – DOR #17-20 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane Valley, Spokane County.
• The Everett Clinic – DOR #17-17 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Edmonds, Snohomish County.

June 2017

• No determinations of reviewability released in June.

May 2017

• No determinations of reviewability released in May.

April 2017

• No determinations of reviewability released in April.

March 2017

• MultiCare Health System – DOR #17-13 (PDF) – exemption request for the purchase and continued operation of Rockwood Eye Surgery Center, Spokane County.
• MultiCare Health System – DOR #17-14 (PDF) – exemption request for the purchase and continued operation of Digestive Health Center, Spokane County.

February 2017

• The Everett Clinic – DOR #17-07 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Edmonds, Snohomish County.
• Sound Retina, PS – DOR #16-25 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Tacoma, Pierce County.
• Proliance Surgeons, Inc. PS – DOR #17-11 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Mountlake Terrace, Snohomish County.
• Alderwood Surgery Center – DOR #17-12 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Lynnwood, Snohomish County.
• Avalon Care Center – Pullman, LLC – DOR #17-08 (PDF) – request for a replacement authorization for Avalon Care Center – Pullman in Whitman County. RA-#089 (PDF)
• Adams County Public Hospital District #2 dba East Adams Rural Healthcare – DOR #17-04 (PDF) – exemption request to increase swing beds from five to 12 at the hospital in Ritzville, Adams County.

January 2017

• No determinations of reviewability release in January.

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2016

• Certificate of Need
• Determinations of Reviewability

Certificate of Need

December 2016

• Group Health Cooperative and Kaiser Family Health Plan of Washington (App #17-02) (PDF) – proposing the continued operation of Group Health Capitol Hill Procedure Center following Kaiser's acquisition of controlling interest in Group Health Cooperative. CN #1592 (PDF)
• Group Health Cooperative and Kaiser Family Health Plan of Washington (App #17-01) (PDF) – proposing the continued operation of Group Health Capitol Hill Ambulatory Surgery Center following Kaiser's acquisition of controlling interest in Group Health Cooperative. CN #1591 (PDF)

November 2016

• CHI Franciscan Health (App #16-39) (PDF) – proposing to add 32 acute care beds to St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, Pierce County. CN #1589 (PDF)

October 2016

• No evaluations released in October.

September 2016

• Puget Sound Kidney Centers (App #16-27) (PDF) – proposing to add seven dialysis stations to PSKC-South in Mountlake Terrace, Snohomish County planning area #3. CN #1587 (PDF)
• DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (App #16-28) (PDF) – proposing to establish a seven-station dialysis center in Lynnwood, Snohomish County planning area #3. CN #1588 (PDF)

August 2016

• Tri-Cities Endoscopy Center (App #16-24) (PDF) – proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Kennewick, Benton County. CN #1585 (PDF)
• MultiCare Health System (App #16-22) (PDF) – proposing to add acute care bed-capacity to Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Pierce County. CN #1586 (PDF)
• Tri-State Memorial Hospital (App #16-14A) (PDF) – proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Clarkston, Asotin County. CN #1584 (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers (App #16-25) (PDF) – proposing to add three dialysis stations to Enumclaw Kidney Center within King County planning area #12. CN #1583 (PDF)

July 2016

• Franciscan Specialty Care (App #16-18) (PDF) – proposing to construct a 60-bed Level I rehabilitation hospital in Tacoma, Pierce County. Intent to Issue (PDF)
• MultiCare Health System (App #16-16) (PDF) – proposing to add 23 Level I rehabilitation beds to Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Pierce County. CN #1582 (PDF)
• CHI Franciscan Health (App #16-11A) (PDF) – establish an ambulatory surgery center in Federal Way, King County. CN #1581 (PDF)
• US HealthVest LLC (CN #16-23) (PDF) – establish a 75-bed psychiatric hospital in Lacey, Thurston County. CN #1580 (PDF)

June 2016

• CHI-Franciscan Health (CN #16-26) (PDF) – establish a four-station dialysis center in Bonney Lake within Pierce County planning area #1 by relocating four stations from Greater Puyallup Dialysis Center. Application withdrawn.
• Seattle Reproductive Medicine, Inc. PS (CN #16-10) (PDF) – establish an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle, King County. CN #1579 (PDF)

May 2016

• EvergreenHealth (CN #16-20) (PDF) – establish a pain management ambulatory surgery center in Kirkland, King County. CN #1578 (PDF)
• Swedish Health Services and Proliance Surgeons, Inc. (CN #15-25) (PDF) – establish an ambulatory surgery center in Redmond in east King County. CN #1573 (PDF)
• Columbia Capital Medical Center, LP (CN App #16-21) (Corrected) (PDF) – proposing to sell Capital Medical Center's land and building to MPT of Olympia-Capella LLC and lease the medical center back to Columbia Capital Medical Center, LP. CN #1577 (PDF)

April 2016

• Franciscan Health System (CN #14-34) – based on the Settlement Agreement dated April 11, 2016, approving the establishment of a three station dialysis center in Bonney Lake, Pierce County Planning Area 1. CN #1574 (PDF)
• DaVita HealthCare Partners (CN #14-35A) – based on the Settlement Agreement dated April 11, 2016, approving the addition of three dialysis stations to the 16 stations at the DaVita Puyallup Community Dialysis Center, Pierce County Planning Area 1. CN #1541A (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System (CN #15-07) – based on the Settlement Agreement dated April 11, 2016, approving the addition of four dialysis stations to the existing 16 station dialysis center known as St. Joseph Dialysis Center located in Pierce County Planning Area 4. CN #1544A (PDF)
• DaVita HealthCare Partners (CN #15-04) – based on the Settlement Agreement dated April 11, 2016, approving the addition of five dialysis stations to Tacoma Dialysis Center located in Pierce County Planning Area 4. CN #1575 (PDF)
• Memorial Physicians LLC (CN #16-13A) (PDF) – proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Yakima County. CN #1576 (PDF)

March 2016

• Seattle Orthopedic Center (CN #16-05) (PDF) – proposing to convert the existing two-operating room ambulatory surgery centers into a Certificate of Need-approved ambulatory surgery center in King County. CN #1570 (PDF)
• ADMA Healthcare, Inc. (CN #14-31) (PDF) – proposing to establish a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified home health agency to serve King County.
• CHI Franciscan Health System (CN #15-29A) (PDF) – proposing to establish a three station dialysis facility in King County.
• DaVita HealthCare Partners (CN #15-30) (PDF) – proposing to add three kidney dialysis stations to the existing 13 stations at the Federal Way Community Dialysis Center in King County.
• DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc.(CN #16-08) (PDF) – proposing to establish an 11-station dialysis center in Spanaway, within Pierce County planning area #5. CN #1571 (PDF)

February 2016

• Proliance Surgeons dba Highlands Surgery Center (CN #16-04) (PDF) – proposing to establish a new surgery center in Issaquah, King County. CN # 1567 (PDF)
• Proliance Surgeons dba The Retina Surgery Center (CN App #16-03) (PDF) – proposing to establish a new surgery center in Bellevue, King County. CN #1565 (PDF)
• DaVita Healthcare Partners (CN App #16-07) (PDF) – proposing to add four dialysis stations to Union Gap Dialysis Center in Union Gap, Yakima County. CN #1566 (PDF)
• Providence Health Care and Universal Health Services (co-applicants) (CN App #15-32) (PDF) – proposing to establish a 100-bed psychiatric hospital, Spokane County. CN #1564 (PDF)
• Springstone (CN App #15-27) (PDF) – proposing to establish a 72-bed psychiatric hospital, Spokane County.
• Signature HealthCare Services (CN App #15-26) (PDF) – proposing to establish a 72-bed psychiatric hospital, Spokane County.

January 2016

• Alliance for South Sound Health (CN App #15-19) (PDF) – proposing to establish a psychiatric hospital in Pierce County. CN #1563 (PDF)
• Signature Healthcare Services (CN App #15-15A) (PDF) – proposing to establish a psychiatric hospital in Pierce County.
• Public Hospital District #1 Skagit County (CN App #16-12) (PDF) – proposing to enter into a long-term lease arrangement with Snohomish County Public Hospital District #3 – Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics in Arlington within Snohomish County. CN #1562 (PDF)

Determinations of Reviewability

December 2016

• No determinations of reviewability release in December.

November 2016

• No determinations of reviewability release in November.

October 2016

• Cosmetic Surgical Arts Center, PS – DOR 17-05 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Lynnwood, Snohomish County.

September 2016

• Mission Healthcare at Bellevue, JV – DOR 17-03 (PDF) – replace 60 of the 129 nursing home beds at Mission Healthcare at Bellevue to a new site in Renton, King County. RA #088 (PDF)

August 2016

• Northwest Glaucoma and Cataract Consultants, PLLC – DOR 17-02 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle, King County.
• Valley Medical Center (VMC) Surgery Center – DOR 16-23 (PDF) – exemption request for change of ownership, change in location, change in licensure status, increase in operating rooms, and increase in surgical procedures for a CoN-approved surgery center in Renton, King County.
• Lake Chelan Community Hospital – DOR 16-32 (PDF) – exemption request to increase swing beds from five to 25 at the hospital, Chelan County.
• South Sound Oral Surgery, PLLC – DOR 16-27 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in DuPont, Pierce County.
• South Sound Oral Surgery, PLLC – DOR 16-26 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Centralia, Lewis County.

July 2016

• No determinations of reviewability released in July.

June 2016

• Sunnyside Community Hospital – DOR 16-30 (PDF) – determination request for the purchase of Yakima Ambulatory Surgery Center, a CoN-approved ambulatory surgery center located at 111 S. 11^th Ave., #220 in Yakima, Yakima County.
• Wright Surgical Arts, LLC – DOR 16-28 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Pasco, Franklin County.
• Providence Health & Services Washington – DOR 16-31 (PDF) – renovation authorization request for Providence St. Joseph Care Center in Spokane, Spokane County.

May 2016

• Forks Community Hospital – DOR 16-29 (PDF) – increase the number of swing beds from 17 to 25 and decrease the number of long term care beds from 20 to 12, Clallam County.

April 2016

• Proliance Surgeons, PLLC – DOR 16-24 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle, King County.
• Proliance Surgeons, PLLC – DOR 16-21 (PDF) – exemption request for an endoscopy ambulatory surgery center in Seattle, King County.

March 2016

• Northwest Sleep Dentistry – DOR 15-39 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane, Spokane County.
• Northwest Health Summit, PS dba Women's Health Connection – DOR 16-22 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane, Spokane County.
• Aesthetic Physicians, PC dba Sonobello – DOR 16-20 DOR 16-20 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Tacoma, Pierce County.
• Aesthetic Physicians, PC dba Sonobello – DOR 16-19 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, King County.
• Athenix Physicians Group Northwest, PLLC – DOR 16-17 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, King County.
• St. Mark's Micro Surgical Center– DOR 15-38 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Tacoma, Pierce County.

February 2016

• The Everett Clinic – DOR 16-18 (PDF) – exemption request for the ambulatory surgery center known as Kemp Surgery Center after the corporate restructure of the Everett Clinic.
• Georgian House LLC – DOR 16-13 (PDF) – amend RA #080A because of an increase in approved costs. RA #080A2 (PDF)
• IPC Surgical Center, LLC – DOR 16-03 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Clarkston, Asotin County. Withdrawn.
• Fresenius Medical Care – DOR 16-16 (PDF) – replacement of Columbia Basin Dialysis Center in Kennewick, Benton County. RA #086 (PDF)

January 2016

• Pacific Northwest Urology Specialists – DOR 16-14 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellingham, Whatcom County.
• Life Care Center of America – DOR 16-10 (PDF) – renovation authorization request for Cottesmore of Life Care located in Gig Harbor, Pierce County.
• Anderson House – DOR 16-15 (PDF) – renovation authorization request for Anderson House located in King County. RA #84 (PDF)

2015

• Bed Banking
• Certificate of Need
• Determinations of Reviewability

Bed Banking

• Royal Vista Nursing and Rehabilitation – BB #16-01 (PDF) – full-facility closure bed banking request in Ellensburg, Kittitas County.

Certificate of Need

• Fresenius Medical Care (CN App #15-24A) (PDF) – proposing to establish a 29-station end-stage renal disease (ESRD) facility in Tacoma, Pierce County.
• Sunnyside Community Hospital (CN App #15-23) (PDF) – reconsideration of proposal to establish a 10-bed rehabilitation unit at Sunnyside Community Hospital, Yakima County. CN #1569 (PDF)
• Group Health Cooperative (CN App #15-33) (PDF) – proposing to establish a five-operating-room ambulatory surgery center in Seattle, King County. CN #1561 (PDF)
• Group Health Cooperative (CN App #15-28) (PDF) – proposing to establish an 11-operating-room ambulatory surgery center in the current Group Health Central Hospital campus in Seattle, King County. CN #1559 (PDF)
• Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital dba Memorial Home Care Services (CN App #16-01) (PDF) – request to amend CN #1350E by adding eight beds to existing 12-bed hospice care center. CN #1350EA (PDF)
• US HealthVest (DOR 16-09) (PDF) – request for six month extension to CN #1518 approving the establishment of a 75-bed psychiatric hospital in Marysville, Snohomish County. CN #1518E (PDF)
• Springstone, LLC (15-20) (PDF) – proposing to establish a psychiatric hospital in Clark County. CN #15-20 (PDF)
• Signature Healthcare Services, LLC (15-14) (PDF) – proposing to establish a psychiatric hospital in Clark County.
• Northwest Kidney Centers (15-17) (PDF) – add three dialysis stations to SeaTac Kidney Center located in SeaTac within King County planning area #4. CN #1558 (PDF)
• Sunnyside Community Hospital Association (15-23) (PDF) – establish a 10-bed level I rehabilitation unit at Sunnyside Community Hospital in Yakima.
• Western Washington Medical Group (15-11) (PDF) – establish an ambulatory surgery center in Everett, Snohomish County.
• Heritage Grove, Corporation (15-21) (PDF) – establish a 97-bed Medicare- and Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Yakima, Yakima County. CN #1557 (PDF)
• Confluence Health (15-16) (PDF) – convert three general medical surgical beds to Level I rehabilitation beds at Wenatchee Valley Hospital, Chelan County. CN #1554 (PDF)
• Wesley Homes Community Health Services (15-13) (PDF) – establish a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified hospice agency in King County. CN #1553 (PDF)
• Chesterfield Services, Inc. (14-30) (PDF) – establish a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified home health agency in King County.
• EvergreenHealth (15-18) (PDF) – establish an ambulatory surgery center by acquiring Evergreen Endoscopy Center located in Kirkland, King County. CN #1548 (PDF)
• EvergreenHealth (15-22) (PDF) – establish an ambulatory surgery center by acquiring Evergreen Surgical Clinic located in Kirkland, King County. CN #1549 (PDF)
• Sunnyside Community Hospital Association (15-12) (PDF) – establish a 10-bed psychiatric unit at Sunnyside Community Hospital, Yakima County. CN #1556 (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care (15-02) (PDF) – establish a nine-station dialysis center in Fife within Pierce County planning area #4.
• DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. (15-04A2) (PDF) – add nine dialysis stations to Tacoma Dialysis Center within Pierce County planning area #4.
• DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. (15-05A) (PDF) – establish a nine-station dialysis center in Fife within Pierce County planning area #4.
• Franciscan Health System (15-07) (PDF) – add nine dialysis stations to St. Joseph Dialysis Center located in Tacoma within Pierce County planning area #4. CN #1544 (PDF)
• Sunnyside Community Hospital and Clinics (15-10) (PDF) – establish a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified home health agency in Yakima County.
• Sunnyside Community Hospital and Clinics (15-09) (PDF) – establish a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified home health service in Benton County. CN #1546 (PDF)
• Emerald Communities (15-01) (PDF) – establish a 45-bed skilled nursing facility within a type A continuing care retirement community in Gig Harbor, Pierce County. CN #1545 (PDF)
• MultiCare Health System (DOR15-42) (PDF) – exemption request under Second Substitute Bill 6312 for the change in use of 20 licensed acute care beds to psychiatric use at Auburn Medical Center, King County CN #1542 (PDF)
• MultiCare Health System (DOR15-41) (PDF) – exemption request under Second Substitute Bill 6312 for the change in use of 30 licensed acute care beds to psychiatric use at Tacoma General Hospital, Pierce County. CN #1543 (PDF)
• Seattle University (14-27) (PDF) – reconsideration of the project to establish a 36-bed community based nursing home in Auburn using full facility closure beds banked under RCW 70.38.115(13)(b), King County. CN#15-34R (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System's Harrison Medical Center (15-08) (PDF) – amend CN #1463T because of an increase in approved costs beyond the allowable amount, Kitsap County. CN #1463A-TA (PDF)
• DaVita Healthcare Partners (14-35A) (PDF) – proposing to add six stations to Puyallup Community Dialysis Center within Pierce planning area #1. CN #1541 (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System (14-34A) (PDF) – proposing to establish a six-station dialysis center in Bonney Lake within Pierce planning area #1.
• Fresenius Medical Care (14-33A2) (PDF) – proposing to establish a six-station dialysis center in Milton within Pierce planning area #1.

Determinations of Reviewability

• Sunnyside Community Hospital and Clinics – DOR #16-12 (PDF) – exemption request for replacement of Sunnyside Community Hospital in Sunnyside, Yakima County.
• Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute – DOR #16-05 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane Valley, Spokane County.
• Proliance Surgeons, Inc., PS – DOR #16-11 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Puyallup, Pierce County.
• Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery – DOR #15-34 (PDF) – exemption request for expansion of services at existing facility in Bellevue, King County.
• Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute – DOR 15-40 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Silverdale, Kitsap County.
• Salmon Creek – DOR #16-08 (PDF) – exemption request for a ambulatory center in Vancouver, Clark County.
• Fresenius Medical Care – DOR #16-04 (PDF) – exemption request for proposed relocation of North Pointe Dialysis Center in Spokane, Spokane County. RA #083 (PDF)
• Aesthetica Clinique, LLC – DOR #16-02 (PDF) – exemption request for a surgery center in Tacoma, Pierce County.
• Spokane Foot Clinic – DOR #15-19 (PDF) – exemption request for a surgery center in Spokane, Spokane County.
• Pacific County PHD #3 Ocean Beach Hospital – DOR #16-07 (PDF) – request to increase the number of swing beds at the hospital from five to 15, Pacific County.
• Providence Health & Services – DOR #16-06 (PDF) – request to increase the number of swing beds at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Chewelah from five to 25, Stevens County.
• Klickitat County PHD #2 – Skyline Hospital – DOR #16-01 (PDF) – request to increase the number of swing beds at the hospital from five to 25, Klickitat County.
• Cascade Surgery Associates, PLLC – DOR #15-43 (PDF) – request for an exemption for the establishment of an ambulatory surgery center in Auburn, King County.
• University of Washington Medical Center – DOR #15-44 (PDF) – request for clarification of the level of care for the hospital based on the revised perinatal and neonatal level of care guidelines, King County.
• Bellingham Urology Group, PLLC – DOR 15-37 (PDF) – request for an exemption for the establishment of an ambulatory surgery center in Bellingham, Whatcom County.
• Proliance Surgeons, Inc., PS – DOR 15-35 (PDF) – request for an exemption for the establishment of an ambulatory surgery center, Benton County.
• Group Health Cooperative – DOR 15-32 (PDF) – request for an exemption for the establishment of an ambulatory surgery center, King County.
• Fresenius Medical Care – DOR 15-36 (PDF) – request for temporary operation of dialysis stations at FMC Lacey Kidney Center, Thurston County.
• Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital – DOR 15-23 (PDF) – determination request for the purchase of Yakima Urology Surgery Center, a CN-approved ambulatory surgery center located at 2500 Racquet Lane in Yakima, Yakima County.
• Stern Center for Aesthetic Surgery, PC – DOR 15-27 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, King County.
• Hoquiam Healthcare, Inc. – DOR 15-33 (PDF) – renovation authorization request for Pacific Care and Rehabilitation located in Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County. RA #082 (PDF)
• FASA Family Wellness, PLLC – DOR 15-31 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Centralia, Lewis County.
• FASA Family Wellness, PLLC – DOR 15-30 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Tumwater, Thurston County.
• Aesthetic Eye Associates, PS – DOR 15-25 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Kirkland, King County.
• Northwest Center for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, PLLC – DOR 15-29 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, King County.
• Ambulatory Puyallup Surgicenter – DOR 15-28 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Puyallup, Pierce County.
• Frontier Neurosurgery, PLLC – DOR 15-26 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Yakima, Yakima County.
• Baxter Plastic Surgery, PLLC – DOR 15-24 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Mountlake Terrace, Snohomish County.
• Proliance Surgeons, PS – DOR 15-20 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Puyallup, Pierce County.
• The PolyClinic Vascular Surgery Center – DOR 15-05 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle, King County.
• Fresenius Medical Care – DOR 15-22 (PDF) – exemption request to relocate Chehalis Dialysis Center in its entirety to a new site in Chehalis, Lewis County. RA #081.

2014

• Bed Banking
• Certificate of Need
• Determinations of Reviewability

Bed Banking

• Prestige Care and Rehabilitation-Grandview – BB 15-03 (PDF) – full-facility closure bed banking by licensee, Care Center (Grandview), Inc., Yakima County.
• Mercer Island Care and Rehabilitation Center – BB 15-02 (PDF) – full-facility closure bed banking by licensee, Videll Healthcare Mercer Island, LLC. King County.
• Mercer Island Care and Rehabilitation Center – BB 15-01 (PDF) – full-facility closure bed banking by building owner, Second Generation Partners, LLC. King County.

Certificate of Need

• Puget Sound Kidney Centers (12-21) (PDF) – Certificate of Need #1481R is issued based on the department's record, Judicial Review Order dated September 5, 2014, and the Dispute Resolution Agreement effective October 2, 2014.
• DaVita Healthcare Partners (12-22) (PDF) – Certificate of Need #1540 is issued based on the department's record, Judicial Review Order dated September 5, 2014, and the Dispute Resolution Agreement effective October 2, 2014.
• DaVita Healthcare Partners (14-20A) (PDF) – proposing to add dialysis station capacity to King 1 planning area, King County.
• Fresenius Medical Care (14-19A) (PDF) – proposing to add dialysis station capacity to King 1 planning area, King County.
• Northwest Kidney Centers (14-18) (PDF) – proposing to add dialysis station capacity to King 1 planning area, King County. CN #1539 (PDF)
• Providence Health & Services-Washington (14-16) (PDF) – proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane Valley, Spokane County. CN #1538 (PDF)
• Harborview Medical Center (DOR15-16) (PDF) – Exemption request under Second Substitute Bill 6312 for the change in use of five acute care beds to psychiatric use at the hospital, King County. CN #1536
• Franciscan Health System (14-22A) (PDF) – proposing to add 43-acute care beds to Franciscan Highline Medical Center located in Burien within southwest King County, King County. CN #1537 (PDF)
• Seattle University (14-27) (PDF) – proposing to establish a Medicare and Medicaid nursing home in Auburn, King County. CN #1534 (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System and Regional Hospital for Respiratory and Complex Care (14-14A2) (PDF) – proposing relocation of Regional Hospital for Respiratory and Complex Care into space at Highline Medical Center in Burien, King County. CN#1535 (PDF)
• US HealthVest (14-26) (PDF) – proposing to add 50 beds to the 75-bed psychiatric hospital to be located in Marysville and approved by Certificate of Need #1518, Snohomish County. CN #1532 (PDF)
• Universal Health Services (CN14-15A) (PDF) – proposing to establish a 34-bed psychiatric hospital in Monroe, Snohomish County. CN #1533 (PDF)
• Providence Hospice and Home Care of Snohomish County (CN14-17) (PDF) – proposing to establish a 16-bed hospice care center in Everett, Snohomish County. CN #1530 (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System and Regional Hospital for Respiratory and Complex Care (CN14-28 (PDF) – proposing affiliation of Franciscan Health System located in Pierce County and Regional Hospital for Respiratory and Complex Care located in King County. CN #1531 (PDF)
• Swedish Health Services (CN14-29) (PDF) – proposing to amend Certificate of Need #1498 because of an increase in approved costs, King County. CN #1498A (PDF)
• Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (CN14-11) (PDF) – proposing to establish an 80-bed psychiatric hospital in Bothell, Snohomish County.
• Care Center (Edmonds), Inc. – (CN14-23) (PDF) – establish an 80-bed nursing home in Edmonds using beds banked under the full-facility closure provisions of RCW 70.38.115(13)(b), Snohomish County. Certificate (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System and Harrison Medical Center – CN14-24 (PDF) – transfer of Certificates of Need #1463 and #1463A, Kitsap County. Certificate (PDF)
• DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. – CN14-21 (PDF) – establish a 12-station kidney dialysis center by relocating 12 stations from DaVita Federal Way Community Dialysis Center located in King County planning area #5 to a new location within the same planning area, King County. Certificate (PDF)
• Envision Home Health of Washington, LLC – CN14-10 (PDF) – establish a Medicare-certified and Medicaid-eligible home health agency to serve the residents of King County. Certificate (PDF)
• PeaceHealth – CN14-08 (PDF) – add two acute (Level I) rehabilitation beds to St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham. Also, relocate all rehabilitation beds and services from the south campus on East Chestnut to the main campus on Squalicum Parkway in Bellingham, Whatcom County. Certificate (PDF)
• DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. – CN14-07 (PDF) – establish a 10-station dialysis center in Pierce planning area #5 by relocating 10 stations from Lakewood Community Dialysis Center, Pierce County. Certificate (PDF)
• Emerald Communities – CN14-03 (PDF) – establish a 45-bed nursing home within a Type A Continuing Care Retirement Community to be located in Gig Harbor, Pierce County.
• Seattle University – CN14-02 (PDF) – establish a 46-bed community based nursing home using full facility closure beds banked under RCW 70.38.115(13)(b), King County. Certificate (PDF)
• Wesley Homes Corporation – CN13-04 (PDF) – request to establish a Medicare-certified and Medicaid-eligible hospice agency in Seattle, King County. Reconsideration evaluation released January 24, 2014.
• US HealthVest – CN13-40 (PDF) – establish a 75-bed psychiatric hospital in Marysville, Snohomish County. Certificate (PDF)
• CHS/Community Health Systems – CN14-12 (PDF) – purchase of Toppenish Community Hospital, Yakima County. Certificate (PDF)
• CHS/Community Health Systems – CN14-13 (PDF) – purchase of Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center, Yakima County. Certificate (PDF)

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Determinations of Reviewability

• Artistic Plastic Surgery Center (PDF) – DOR 15-21 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Tacoma, Pierce County.
• Fresenius Medical Care – DOR 15-22 (PDF) – exemption request to relocate Chehalis Dialysis Center in its entirety to a new site in Chehalis, Lewis County.
• LCS-Westminster Partnership III, LLP – DOR 15-04 (PDF) – exemption request for the addition of nine nursing home beds to Briarwood at Timber Ridge, located within the Type A CCRC of Timber Ridge at Talus in Issaquah, King County.
• Puget Sound Surgical Center – DOR 15-08 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Shoreline, King County.
• Memorial Physicians, PLLC – DOR 15-12 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Yakima, Yakima County.
• Columbia Interventional Radiology Consulting, PS – DOR 15-14 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Richland, Benton County.
• Georgian Rehab, LLC – DOR 15-18 (PDF) – replacement authorization request under Revised Code of Washington 70.38.115(13)(a) for the replacement of Avamere Georgian House of Lakewood. Pierce County. (RA #080) (PDF)
• EvergreenHealth – DOR 14-26 (PDF) – request related to two separate surgery centers: Evergreen Surgery Center and Evergreen Surgical Clinic, King County.
• Edmonds Center for Outpatient Surgery – DOR 15-11 (PDF) – request to expand the number of operating rooms from two to four without undergoing Certificate of Need approval, Snohomish County.
• Fresenius Medical Care – DOR 15-07 (PDF) – exemption request to relocate Chehalis Dialysis Center in its entirety to a new site in Chehalis, Lewis County.
• Larrabee Center for Plastic Surgery, PLLC – DOR 15-17 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center located in Seattle, King County.
• Meridian Surgery Center – DOR 15-15 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center operated under Robert C. Wright, MD, PS, located in Puyallup, Pierce County.
• Avalon Lakewood, PLLC – DOR 15-13 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Lakewood, Pierce County.
• Spokane Plastic Surgeons – DOR 14-30 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane, Spokane County.
• Sound Vascular, PS – DOR 15-10 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Federal Way, King County.
• Clearview Eye and Laser, PLLC – DOR 14-33 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle, King County.
• Tri-City Orthopaedic Clinic, PSC – DOR 15-02 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Richland, Benton County.
• Inland Empire Gastroenterology PS – DOR 15-06 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane, Spokane County.
• Aesthetic Surgery Center, PLLC – DOR 14-32 (PDF) – request for a time-share ambulatory surgery center with Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery (DOR 14-31), Pierce County.
• Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery – DOR 14-31 (PDF) – request for a time-share ambulatory surgery center with Aesthetic Surgery Center, PLLC (DOR 14-32), Pierce County.
• Gig Harbor Operations, LLC – DOR 14-29 (PDF) – request for a six-month extension to the validity of RA #076-renovation of Cottesmore of Life Care in Gig Harbor. Pierce County.
• Tri-City Orthopaedic Clinic, PSC – DOR 15-01 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Kennewick, Benton County.
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, PS – DOR 14-28 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Renton, King County.
• Avalon Clinic for Cosmetic Surgery – DOR 14-27 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Lakewood, Pierce County.
• MulitCare Tacoma General Hospital – DOR 14-07-Amended (PDF) – request for clarification of the level of care for the hospital based on the revised perinatal and neonatal level of care guidelines, Pierce County.
• Swedish Medical Center's First Hill campus – DOR 14-06-Amended (PDF) – request for clarification of the level of care for the hospital based on the revised perinatal and neonatal level of care guidelines, King County.
• Newport Hospital and Health Services – DOR 14-25 (PDF) – request to increase the number of swing beds at the hospital from five to 24, Pend Oreille County.
• Fresenius Medical Care – DOR 14-24 (PDF) – exemption request to relocate Moses Lake Dialysis Center in its entirety to a new site in Moses Lake, Grant County. Replacement Authorization #079 (PDF)
• PacMed Clinics – DOR 14-23 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Bothell, King County.
• The PolyClinic, APC – DOR 14-21 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle, King County.
• Proliance Surgeons – DOR 14-20 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Mount Vernon, Skagit County. Facility name is Cascade ENT.
• Proliance Surgeons – DOR 14-19 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Mount Vernon, Skagit County. Facility name is Skagit Northwest Orthopedics.
• Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital – DOR 14-09 (PDF) – request for clarification of the level of care for the hospital based on the revised perinatal and neonatal level of care guidelines, Spokane County.
• MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital – DOR 14-07 (PDF) – request for clarification of the level of care for the hospital based on the revised perinatal and neonatal level of care guidelines, Pierce County.
• Swedish Medical Center-First Hill campus – DOR 14-06 (PDF) – request for clarification of the level of care for the hospital based on the revised perinatal and neonatal level of care guidelines, King County.
• Highline Medical Center – DOR 14-18 (PDF) – proposed change in the corporate membership of Highline Medical Center in Burien, King County.
• The Polyclinic, PC – DOR 14-10 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle, King County.
• Capital Medical Center – DOR 14-14 (PDF) – review of the creation of a new outpatient surgical department to be located within the hospital, Thurston County.

2013

• Bed Banking
• Certificate of Need
• Determinations of Reviewability
• Program Status Reports

Bed Banking

• Cashmere Convalescent Center – BB 14-01 (PDF) – request for alternate use bed banking for 21 beds, Chelan County.
• Prestige Care and Rehabilitation, Edmonds – BB 13-06 (PDF) – request for full facility closure bed banking, Pierce County.
• Avalon Care Center, Aberdeen, LLC – BB 13-05 (PDF) – request for four-year extension of alternate use bed banking for 16 beds at Grays Harbor Health and Rehabilitation Center in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County.
• Life Care Center of West Seattle – BB 13-04 (PDF) – request for full facility closure bed banking, King County.

Certificate of Need

• King County Public Hospital District #4 and Benaroya Capital Company, LLC – CN14-09 (PDF) – transfer of Certificate of Need #1475 issued on June 1, 2012. Certificate (PDF)
• Swedish Health Services – CN13-43 (PDF) – establish an eight-level II intermediate care nursery and obstetric services at Ballard Campus, King County. Certificate (PDF)
• DaVita Healthcare Partners – CN13-33 (PDF) – establish a 10-station dialysis facility located in Tumwater, Thurston County. Certificate (PDF)
• Fresenius on behalf of Renal Care Group Northwest – CN13-32 (PDF) – add 10 stations to the facility approved by CN#1494, Thurston County.
• Highline Medical Center – CN13-30 (PDF) – establish an adult elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) program, King County.
• University of Washington Medical Center – CN13-09 (PDF) – addition of 79 acute care beds to the hospital, King County. Certificate (PDF)
• Lakewood Surgery Center – CN13-37 (PDF) – establish a two-operating room ambulatory surgery center in Lakewood, west Pierce County. Certificate (PDF)
• Olympia Orthopaedic Associates, PLLC – CN14-01 (PDF) – establish a six-operating room ambulatory surgery center in Olympia, Thurston County. Reconsideration evaluation released December 13, 2013 (PDF). Certificate (PDF)
• DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. – CN13-15A2 (PDF) – establish a six-station dialysis center in Colville, Stevens County. DaVita Certificate (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. – CN13-14A2 (PDF) – establish a five-station dialysis center in Mason County. DaVita Certificate (PDF)
• Olympic Peninsula Kidney Centers – CN13-12A (PDF) – establish a five-station dialysis center in Mason County.
• Fresenius Medical Care Renal Care Group Northwest – CN13-11A (PDF) – add five dialysis stations to Shelton Dialysis Center, Mason County.
• Northwest Kidney Centers – CN13-42 (PDF) – request to amend Certificate of Need #1443 because of an increase in the approved costs, King County. Northwest Kidney Centers Certificate (PDF)
• SW Behavorial Health – CN13-29 (PDF) – request to establish a 135-bed psychiatric hospital, King County. SW Behavioral Health Certificate (PDF)
• DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. – CN12-27 (PDF) – request to add two dialysis stations to DaVita Tacoma Dialysis Center located in Pierce County planning area #4.
• Franciscan Health Systems (FHS) – CN12-26A2 (PDF) – request to add two dialysis stations to FHS-Eastside located in Pierce County planning area #4. Franciscan Health Certificate (PDF)
• Puget Sound Kidney Centers – CN13-31 (PDF) – request to establish a 12-station facility in Snohomish County planning area #2. Puget Sound Certificate (PDF)
• Wesley Homes Corporation – CN13-04 (PDF) – request to establish a Medicare certified and Medicaid eligible hospice agency in Seattle, King County.
• Northwest Endoscopy Center, LLC – CN13-38 (PDF) – request to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Bellingham, Whatcom County. Northwest Endoscopy Center, LLC certificate (PDF)
• Refuge Dialysis, LLC – CN12-39 (PDF) – request to establish an eight-station dialysis center in Marysville, Snohomish County planning area #2. Refuge Dialysis certificate (PDF)
• CHI National Home Care – CN13-13 (PDF) – request to establish a Medicare certified and Medicaid eligible home health agency in Pierce County. CHI National certificate (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System – CN12-35 (PDF) – request to add three dialysis stations to Gig Harbor Dialysis Center in Gig Harbor, Pierce County planning area #3. Franciscan Health certificate (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers – CN12-33 (PDF) – request to add seven dialysis stations to Kent Kidney Center in Kent, King County planning area #10.
• DaVita, Inc. – CN12-37A (PDF) – request to add seven dialysis stations to Kent Dialysis Center in Kent, King County planning area #10. DaVita Certificate (PDF)
• Evergreen Healthcare – CN11-35 (PDF) – request to add 43 acute care beds to the hospital. All 43 beds are existing level II intermediate care or level III neonatal intensive care beds, King County. Evergreen Healthcare certificate (PDF)
• PeaceHealth – CN13-08 (PDF) – request to lease and operate Skagit County Public Hospital District #304–United General Hospital located in Sedro Woolley, Skagit County. PeaceHealth certificate (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers – CN11-37 (PDF) – request to add five dialysis stations to SeaTac Kidney Center located in King End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) planning area #4, King County. This certificate is based on the Adjudicative Services Unit “Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Final Order” released on March 26, 2013, for case number M2012-360.
• Horizon House – CN13-07 (PDF) – request to establish a 56-bed nursing home in Issaquah, King County. Horizon House Certificate (PDF)
• Manor Care – CN12-08A (PDF) – request to establish a 120-bed nursing home in Bothell, Snohomish County.
• Swedish Health Services – request to establish an adult, elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) program at Swedish First Hill Hospital, King County.
• Northwest Kidney Centers – CN13-17 (PDF) – request to amend Certificate of Need #1491 because of change in the approved site and an increase in the approved capital expenditure, King County. Northwest Kidney Centers Certificate CN #1491A (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers – CN13-16 (PDF) – request to amend Certificate of Need #1458 because of change in the approved site and an increase in the approved capital expenditure, King County. Northwest Kidney Centers Certificate CN #1458A (PDF)
• DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. – CN11-25P (PDF) – request to establish a 24-station dialysis center in Battle Ground, Clark County. Certificate of Need is issued based on Dispute Resolution Agreement of March 12, 2013.
• Northwest Kidney Centers – CN12-24 (PDF) – request to add 11 dialysis stations to Renton Kidney Center located in King planning area #9, King County.
• DaVita, Inc.– CN12-28A2 (PDF) – request to establish an 11-station dialysis center in Renton located in King planning area #9, King County. DaVita Certificate (PDF)
• VP Surgery Center of Auburn, LLC– CN12-41 (PDF) – request to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Auburn, King County. VP Surgery Center of Auburn, LLC Appendix A (PDF) VP Surgery Center of Auburn, LLC Certificate (PDF)
• Swedish Health Services– CN11-14 (PDF) – conditional approval to establish a 15-bed Level II neonatal intermediate care nursery at the Issaquah Hospital campus, King County. Swedish Health Services Certificate (PDF)

Determinations of Reviewability

• Inland Northwest Health Services – DOR 14-17 (PDF) – review of the proposed internal restructure of Inland Northwest Health Services. St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute is operated by Inland Northwest Health Services, Spokane County.
• Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital – DOR 14-11 (PDF) – request for a six-month extension to the validity of CN#1422R, Spokane County.
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Inc. – DOR 14-15 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Renton, King County.
• Aesthetic Physicians PC dba Sono Bello – DOR 14-13 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Tacoma, Pierce County.
• Aesthetic Physicians PC dba Sono Bello – DOR 14-12 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, King County.
• Gavin Dry, MD – DOR 13-43 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Kirkland, King County.
• Neil & Hillyard, PLLC dba Vancouver Dental Surgery Center – DOR 14-08 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Vancouver, Clark County.
• Tri-City Orthopaedic Surgery Center-DOR 14-05 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Kennewick, Benton County.
• Shahram Salemy, MD, PLLC-DOR 14-04 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle, King County.
• Minor & James Medical, PLLC-DOR 13-36 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Issaquah, King County.
• BD Chelan I, LLC-DOR 14-02 (PDF) – replacement Authorization #078 issued for the replacement of Regency Manor located in Chelan to a new site in Wenatchee, Chelan County.
• Cosmetic Surgery and Dermatology of Issaquah-DOR 14-03 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Issaquah, King County.
• Physicians Endoscopy, LLC – DOR 14-01 (PDF) – determination on the ownership restructure of Physician Endoscopy, LLC, King and Whatcom counties.
• Harrison Medical Center – DOR 13-24 (PDF) – determination on the affiliation of Harrison Medical Center and Franciscan Health System, Kitsap County.
• Jefferson Healthcare – DOR 13-40 (PDF) – exemption request for the purchase and establishment of an ambulatory surgery center in Port Townsend, Jefferson County.
• Adams County Public Hospital District #2 East Adams Rural Hospital – DOR 13-38 (PDF) – exemption request for the replacement of a critical access hospital in its entirety. New site in Ritzville, Adams County.
• Sherman Medical Practice – DOR 13-45 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane, Spokane County.
• Fourth Corner Neurosurgical Associates, PS – DOR 13-44 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellingham, Whatcom County.
• Athenix Physicians Group Northwest – DOR 13-41 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, King County.
• Northwest Neurosciences – DOR 13-42 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Yakima, Yakima County.
• Seattle Children's Hospital – DOR 13-34 (PDF) – request for clarification of the level of care for the hospital based on the revised perinatal and neonatal level of care guidelines, King County.
• Urology Northwest, PS – DOR 13-39 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Mountlake Terrace, Snohomish County.
• Seattle Reproductive Medicine – DOR 13-35 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane Valley, Spokane County.
• Athentix Physicians Northwest, PLLC – DOR13-19 (PDF) – request for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, King County.
• Sono Bello in Bellevue – DOR 12-39 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, King County.
• Sono Bello in Tacoma – DOR 12-30 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Tacoma, Pierce County.
• Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital – DOR 13-33 (PDF) – request for a six-month extension to the validity of CN#1446, Spokane County.
• South Perry Endoscopy – DOR 13-32 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane, Spokane County.
• Seattle Reproductive Surgery Center – DOR 13-28 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle, King County.
• Northwest OB-GYN – DOR 13-31 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane, Spokane County.
• Providence Spokane Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center – DOR 13-03 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane, Spokane County.
• Meridian Surgical Services– DOR 13-29 (PDF) – request for a time-share ambulatory surgery center with James Rifenbery, MD-Tahoma Ambulatory Surgery Center (DOR 13-30), Pierce County.
• Tahoma Ambulatory Surgery Center– DOR 13-30 (PDF) – request for a time-share ambulatory surgery center with Robert Wright, MD – Meridian Surgical Services (DOR 13-29), Pierce County.
• West Valley Nursing Homes, Inc.– DOR 13-27 (PDF) – request for Replacement Authorization to replace Summitview Healthcare Center at the same site in Yakima, Yakima County.
• Valley Hospital and Medical Center, Spokane DOR 13-22 (PDF) – request for clarification on whether the hospital has Certificate of Need approval to provide Level II neonatal intermediate care services, Spokane County.
• Pacific Gastroenterology DOR 13-25 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Vancouver, Clark County.
• Northwest Eyelid and Orbital Specialists DOR 13-26 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Spokane, Spokane County.
• Aesthetica Clinique, LLC DOR 13-23 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Tacoma, Pierce County.

Program Status Reports

• 2012 Fiscal Year (PDF)

2012

• Bed Banking
• Certificate of Need
• Determinations of Reviewability
• Program Status Reports

Bed Banking

• Avalon Health and Rehabilitation Center, Pasco – BB 13-03 (PDF) – request for four-year extension on 17 beds banked under alternate use, Franklin County.
• The Hearthstone – BB 13-01 (PDF) – request to bank four beds under alternate use.
• Columbia View Care Center – BB 13-02 (PDF) – request to bank 35 beds under full facility closure.
• Kitsap Health and Rehabilitation Center – BB12-01 (PDF) – full facility closure of 62-bed facility.
• Providence Centralia LTC Unit – BB12-02 (PDF) – full facility closure of 63-bed unit.
• Garfield County Hospital District – BB12-03 (PDF) – full facility closure of 20-bed transitional care unit.
• Highline Medical Center – Specialty Campus – BB12-05 (PDF) – full facility closure of 30-bed specialty care center.

Certificate of Need

• Confluence Health – CN13-03 (PDF) – request to lease Wenatchee Valley Hospital in Wenatchee, Chelan County. Confluence Health Certificate (PDF)
• Yakima Urology Associates – CN12-31 (PDF) – request to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Yakima, Yakima County.
• MultiCare Health System – CN #1437E2 (PDF) – extension to the validity of CN #1437E based on the Settlement Agreement effective October 1, 2012.
• Public Hospital District #1-King County Valley Medical Center – CN #1490 (PDF) – approves the addition of 18 acute care beds to the hospital based on the Settlement Agreement effective October 1, 2012.
• Fresenius Medical Care, Renal Care Group Northwest – CN12-36A (PDF) – request to establish a six-station dialysis center in Lacey, Thurston County. Fresenius Certificate (PDF)
• Hospice of Spokane – CN12-17 (PDF) – request to establish a second hospice care center in Spokane County. Hospice of Spokane Certificate (PDF)
• Olympic Peninsula Kidney Centers – CN12-25 (PDF) – request to relocate four dialysis stations in Kitsap County. Olympic Peninsula Certificate (PDF)
• Swedish Health Services – CN12-32 (PDF) – request to amend CN #1330R because of a change in the approved site, King County. Swedish Health Services Reconsideration Request Denial (PDF)
• Ascend Health Corporation – CN12-12 (PDF) – proposing to establish a 75-bed psychiatric hospital in Lynnwood, Snohomish County.
• BHC Fairfax Hospital – CN12-13 (PDF) – proposing to establish a 30-bed psychiatric hospital in Everett, Snohomish County. BHC Fairfax Hospital Certificate (PDF)
• Kennewick Public Hospital District – CN12-42 (PDF) – request to amend CN #1418E because of a change in the approved financing, Benton County. Kennewick Public Hospital District Certificate (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers – CN12-34 (PDF) – proposing to add three stations to Totem Lake Kidney Center in King planning area #6. Northwest Kidney Centers Certificate (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System – CN12-18 (PDF) – proposing to establish a 22-station dialysis center in Pierce planning area #4. Franciscan Health System Certificate (PDF)
• MultiCare Health System – CN12-40 (PDF) – proposing to purchase the facility and assets of Auburn Regional Medical Center in Auburn. MultiCare Health System Certificate (PDF)
• Providence Health and Services Washington – CN12-29 (PDF) – proposing to add six Level I rehabilitation beds to St. Peter Hospital, Thurston County. Providence Health and Services Washington Certificate (PDF)
• VOTO Health Care Inc. – CN12-30 (PDF) – proposing to establish a Medicare-certified and Medicaid-eligible home health agency, King County. VOTO Health Care Inc., Certificate (PDF)
• Bel-Red Center for Aesthetic Surgery – CN12-15 (PDF) – proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue, within East King County. Reconsideration decision. Bel-Red Center for Aesthetic Surgery Certificate (PDF)
• Puget Sound Kidney Centers – CN12-04A (PDF) and DaVita, Inc. - CN12-05 DaVita, Inc., Certificate – proposal to increase dialysis capacity in Whidbey Island. Puget Sound Kidney Centers Certificate (PDF)
• MultiCare/Mary Bridge Children's Hospital – CN12-11 (PDF) – proposing to add 20 pediatric acute care beds to the Mary Bridge campus. MultiCare/Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Certificate (PDF)
• Puget Sound Kidney Centers – CN12-21 (PDF) Puget Sound Kidney Centers Certificate and DaVita, Inc. – CN12-22 (PDF) – proposing to establish a nine-station facility in Skagit County.
• Bel-Red Center for Aesthetic Surgery – CN12-15 (PDF) – proposing to establish a Certificate of Need-approved ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue.
• Brookdale Senior Living – CN11-13 (PDF) – proposal to establish a Medicare-certified, Medicaid-eligible home health agency to serve King County. Certificate (PDF)
• Community Home Health and Hospice – CN12-14 (PDF) – proposing to establish a 15-bed hospice care center in Vancouver, Clark County. Certificate (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. – CN11-38A (PDF) – proposing to expand the dialysis station capacity in King County planning area #4.
• DaVita, Inc. – CN11-41 (PDF) – proposing to expand dialysis capacity in Kent within King County.
• DaVita, Inc. – CN12-03A (PDF) – proposing to establish a new eight-station dialysis center in Zillah, Yakima County. Certificate (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. – CN12-20 (PDF) – proposing to expand the existing five-station dialysis facility in Ellensburg by an additional two stations. Certificate (PDF)
• Eastside Endoscopy Center, LLC – CN11-15 (PDF) – proposing to convert an exempt surgery center in Bellevue to a Certificate of Need-approved facility. Certificate (PDF)
• Eastside Medical Group, LLC – CN12-01 (PDF) – proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Issaquah that provides ENT, general surgery, orthopedics and podiatry. Certificate (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System – CN11-11 (PDF) – proposing to expand NICU Level III capacity in Pierce County. Certificate (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System – CN11-32 (PDF) – proposing to establish a Medicare certified/Medicaid eligible home health agency in King County. Certificate (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System-St. Francis Hospital – CN12-02 (PDF) – proposing to expand Certificate of Need-approved ambulatory surgery center capacity in Pierce County. Certificate (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System – CN12-33 (PDF) – proposing to establish a Medicare-certified, Medicaid-eligible home health agency in Kitsap County.
• Franciscan Health System – CN12-34 (PDF) – proposing to establish a Medicare-certified, Medicaid-eligible home health agency in Pierce County.
• Harrison Medical Center – CN12-10 (PDF) – proposing to amend the "intent to issue" for approval to add 50 beds in two phases. Certificate (PDF)
• King County Public Hospital District #4 and Moreland Pacific, LLC – CN12-16 (PDF) – proposal to lease and the leaseback of Snoqualmie Valley Hospital for the purpose of replacing the hospital at a new site. Certificate (PDF)
• The Kline Galland Center – CN11-17 (PDF) – proposing to establish a Medicare-certified, Medicaid-eligible home health agency in King County. Certificate (PDF)
• MultiCare Health System – CN11-07 (PDF) – proposing to expand NICU Level III capacity in Pierce County. Certificate (PDF)
• MultiCare Health System – CN12-09 (PDF) – proposing to expand Certificate of Need-approved ambulatory surgery center capacity in Pierce County. Certificate (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers – CN11-37 (PDF) – proposing to expand the dialysis station capacity in King County planning area #4.
• Northwest Kidney Centers – CN11-40 (PDF) – proposing to expand dialysis capacity in Kent within King County. Certificate (PDF)
• PeaceHealth dba Whatcom Hospice – CN12-06 (PDF) – proposing to amend CN1372 due to approved capital expenditure cost overrun. Certificate (PDF)
• Swedish Health Services Issaquah – CN11-20 (PDF) – requesting approval to provide elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) services at Swedish Medical Center/Issaquah to residents of PSA 9 (King East).
• Whidbey General Hospital – CN11-06 (PDF) – proposing to establish a Medicare certified/Medicaid eligible hospice agency in Island County.

Determinations of Reviewability

• Highline Medical Center – DOR 13-18 (PDF) – determination on the affiliation of Highline Medical Center's main campus in Burien and Franciscan Health System, King County.
• Highline Medical Center – DOR 13-21 (PDF) – determination on the relocation of level two rehab services from Highline Medical Center's specialty campus (Tukwila) to the main campus in Burien, King County.
• Symbion Healthcare – DOR 13-13 (PDF) – determination on the consolidation and relocation of two Certificate of Need-approved ambulatory surgery centers in Bellingham, Whatcom County.
• Marshall Partington, MD – DOR 13-16 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Kirkland, King County.
• Plastic Surgery Associates of Seattle – DOR 13-15 (PDF) – exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle, King County.
• ENT Facial Plastic Surgery and Allergy of Western Washington – DOR 13-06R (PDF) – reconsidered exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Enumclaw, King County.
• Sarah McMillan, MD – DOR 13-12R (PDF) – reconsidered exemption request for an ambulatory surgery center in Kirkland, King County.
• Northwest Kidney Centers – DOR 13-17 (PDF) – request to relocate Totem Lake Kidney Center to a new site in King County planning area #6, King County.
• PeaceHealth – DOR 13-14 (PDF) – internal corporate restructuring of PeaceHealth and its corporate affiliate, Southwest Washington Medical Center, located in Vancouver, Clark County.
• University of Washington-Northwest Hospital and Medical Center – DOR 13-11 (PDF) – request to purchase 100 percent of the Certificate of Need-approved North Seattle Surgery Center and license it under the hospital license. Seattle, King County.
• Yarrow Bay Plastic Surgery Center – DOR 13-12 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Kirkland, King County.
• Cascade Regional Eye Center, Inc., – DOR 13-07 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Arlington, Snohomish County.
• Eye MDs of Puget Sound – DOR 13-10 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Tacoma, Pierce County.
• Auburn Outpatient Surgery Center, LLC – DOR 13-06 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Enumclaw, King County.
• Kruger Clinic Orthopaedics, PLLC – DOR 13-09 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Edmonds, Snohomish County.
• Northwest Endoscopy Center, LLC – DOR 13-08 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellingham, Whatcom County.
• Pacific Northwest Renal Services, Inc. – DOR 13-05 (PDF) – request for temporary use of three dialysis stations, Clark County.
• Gig Harbor Operations, LLC – DOR 13-04 (PDF) – request to renovate Cottesmore of Life Care located in Gig Harbor, Pierce County.
• MultiCare Health System – DOR 13-02 (PDF) – request for six-month extension to the validity of Certificate of Need #1437 issued on September 4, 2012.
• Swedish Health Services – DOR 12-37 (PDF) – request for six-month extension to the validity of Certificate of Need #1330R issued on August 30, 2012.
• Life Care Center of Puyallup – DOR 13-01 (PDF) – request for replacement authorization for Life Care Center of Puyallup issued on August 27, 2012.
• Valley Hospital and Medical Center, Spokane – DOR 12-43 (PDF) – request to add space to hospital license and use the space as an outpatient department of the hospital issued on August 21, 2012.
• South Sound Surgery and Sound Interventional Pain Management – DOR 12-41 (PDF) – request for exemption from Certificate of Need review for the establishment of a time-share ambulatory surgery center issued on August 17, 2012.
• Mount Baker Pain Clinic – DOR 12-29R (PDF) – request for reconsideration of Determination of Reviewability #12-29 issued on May 21, 2012.
• SharpeVision, PLLC – DOR 12-35 (PDF) – request for an exemption for ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue.
• Newvue Plastic Surgery – DOR 12-38 (PDF) – request for an exemption for ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue.
• Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett – DOR 12-40 (PDF) – request for determination on whether the sale, purchase or lease statute RCW 70.38.105(4)(B) applies to project.
• Spokane Ear Nose Throat Clinc – DOR 12-42 (PDF) – request for determination on a merger of this entity with Surgical Specialists of Spokane.
• Anderson Sobel Cosmetic Surgery – DOR12-33 (PDF) – request for an exemption for ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue
• Auburn Regional Medical Center – DOR12-16 (PDF) – request for Determination of Reviewability on the change in use for four beds from postpartum obstretrical to acute rehabilitation.
• DaVita, Inc. – DOR12-18 (PDF) – request for exemption to relocate Kent Dialysis Center in its entirety under WAC 246-310-289(3).
• Digestive Disease and Endoscopy Center, PLLC – DOR12-28 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Silverdale.
• Eric Cole, MD – DOR12-36 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Silverdale.
• Eye Associates Northwest, PC – DOR12-32 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle.
• Highline Medical Center – DOR12-26 (PDF) – request for an exemption under the hospital conversion statute RCW 70.45 and WAC 246-312-Acquistion of Non-profit Hospitals.
• Highlands Rehab, LLC – DOR12-11 (PDF) – request to amend Replacement Authorization 067 because of a change in the approved site and decrease in capital expenditure.
• Hilltop Healthcare, Inc. – DOR12-13 (PDF) – request for six-month extension to the validity of Replacement Authorization 070.
• Mount Baker Surgery Center, LLC - DOR12-29 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellingham.
• Olympia Neurosurgery Center – DOR12-22 (PDF)– request for exemption for ambulatory surgery center in Olympia.
• Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute, Inc., PC - DOR12-17 (PDF) – request for exemption for ambulatory surgery center in Kennewick.
• Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute, Inc., PC - DOR12-19 (PDF) – request for exemption for ambulatory surgery center in Silverdale.
• Parkway Surgical Center, LLC – DOR12-34 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Bellingham.
• Puget Sound Gastroenterology, PS - DOR12-20 (PDF) – request for exemption for the Edmonds Endoscopy Center.
• Puget Sound Gastroenterology, PS Evergreen Endoscopy Center – DOR12-23 (PDF) – request for exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Kirkland.
• Puget Sound Gastroenterology, PS Evergreen Endoscopy Center – DOR12-24 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle (Freemont area).
• Puget Sound Gastroenterology, PS Evergreen Endoscopy Center – DOR12-25 (PDF) – request for an exemption for an ambulatory surgery center in Seattle (Meridian Avenue area).
• Rockwood South Hill – DOR12-31 (PDF) – request for an exemption under RCW 70.38.111(5) to add nine skilled nursing beds to the Type A CCRC located in Spokane.
• Washington Center for Pain Management – DOR12-12 (PDF) – request for exemption for an ambulatory surgery center.
• Wilson, Allen and Associates, PLLC – DOR12-21 (PDF) – request for exemption for ambulatory surgery center in Spokane to be known as Sleep Dentistry of Spokane.

Program Status Reports

• 2012 Fiscal Year (PDF)

2012 Monthly Reports

• December (PDF)
• November (PDF)
• October (PDF)
• June (PDF)
• May (PDF)
• April (PDF)
• March (PDF)
• February (PDF)
• January (PDF)

2011

• Certificate of Need
• Determinations of Reviewability
• Program Status Reports

Certificate of Need

• Brookdale Senior Living – CN10-35 (PDF) – proposing to establish a Medicare-certified, Medicaid-eligible home health agency to serve the residents of Pierce County.
• Central Washington Hospital – CN10-09 – Reconsideration Evaluation (PDF) – proposing to establish a 17-station dialysis center in East Wenatchee. Central Washington Hospital Certificate (PDF)
• Central Washington Hospital – CN11-28 (PDF) – proposing to establish a 30-bed transitional care unit (TCU) within space at the hospital by converting 30 beds currently banked under full-facility closure. Central Washington Hospital Certificate (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. – CN10-08 – Reconsideration Evaluation (PDF) – proposing to establish a 17-station dialysis facility in East Wenatchee. DaVita, Inc., Certificate (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. – CN11–10 (PDF) – proposing to add three dialysis stations to the current facility in Pierce County planning area #4. DaVita, Inc., Certificate (PDF)
• DaVita, Inc. – CN11-25 – Concurrent Review (PDF) – proposing to establish a new 24-station dialysis facility In Clark County. DaVita Inc., Certificate (PDF)
• Eastside Endoscopy Center, LLC – CN11-16 (PDF) – proposal to establish an endoscopy ambulatory surgery center in Issaquah, within east King County.
• Evergreen Hospital Medical Center – CN11-35 (PDF) – proposal to add six Level III neonatal intensive care unit bassinets to the hospital's neonatal program.
• Franciscan Health System – CN11-22 (PDF) – proposing to add three dialysis stations to the current facility in Pierce County planning area #3. Franciscan Health System Certificate (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care – CN10-17 (PDF) – proposing to add four stations to the existing six stations Fresenius Colville Dialysis Center in Stevens County. Fresenius Medical Care Certificate (PDF)
• Gateway ASC, LLC – CN11-03 (PDF) – proposing to convert an existing ambulatory surgery center in Snohomish County into a Certificate of Need-approved facility.
• MultiCare Health System/Mary Bridge Hospital – CN11-01 (PDF) – proposing to increase capacity for pediatric acute care and psychiatric services.
• MultiCare Health System-Good Samaritan Hospital – CN11-42 (PDF) – proposing to add 11 acute care beds to Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, for a facility total of 286. MultiCare Health System Certificate (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers – CN11-08 (PDF) – proposing to establish a new five-station dialysis facility in King County planning area #12. Northwest Kidney Centers Certificate (PDF)
• Northwest Kidney Centers – CN11-36 (PDF) – proposing to add two dialysis station to the Totem Lake Kidney Center. Northwest Kidney Centers Certificate (PDF)
• Northwest Weight Loss Surgery – CN10-27 – Reconsideration Evaluation (PDF) – proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center to provide care in central Snohomish County.
• Overlake Hospital Medical Center – CN11-18 (PDF) – proposing to provide additional ICN Level II neonatal services in King County Overlake Hospital Medical Center Revised Description Overlake Hospital Medical Center Certificate (PDF)
• Pacific Northwest Renal Services – CN11-23 – Concurrent Review (PDF) – proposing to establish a new 24-station dialysis facility in Clark County.
• Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital – CN11-12 (PDF) – proposing to begin performing adult pancreatic transplants. Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Certificate (PDF)
• Providence Regional Medical Center – CN10-31 (PDF) – proposing to increase its license to 396 to include 23 bassinettes. If approved the applicant will have 16 Level III bassinets and 13 Level II bassinets. Providence Regional Medical Center Certificate (PDF)
• Seattle Children's Hospital – CN10-34 (PDF) – proposing to increase capacity for pediatric acute care and psychiatric services. Seattle Children's Hospital Certificates (PDF)
• St. Joseph Medical Center – CN11-11b (PDF) – proposing to reconcile St. Joseph Medical Center's 18-bed ICN Level II intermediate care nursery beds. St. Joseph Medical Center Certificate (PDF)
• Swedish Health Services – CN11-14 (PDF) – proposing to provide additional ICN Level II neonatal services in King County.
• Swedish Health Services – CN11-30 (PDF) – proposing to amend CN 1264R2 approval of Eastside Ambulatory Surgery Center located in Bellevue. The ambulatory surgery center would be relocated to a new site in Issaquah. Swedish Health Services Certificate (PDF)
• Tacoma General Hospital – CN11-09 (PDF) – proposing to add 14 ICN Level II bassinets to the hospital. Tacoma General Hospital Certificate (PDF)
• Universal Health Services – CN11-29 (PDF) – proposing to purchase of Fairfax Hospital located in Kirkland. Universal Health Services Certificate (PDF)
• Valley Regional Hospital, LLC – CN12-07 (PDF) – proposed lease agreement between Snohomish County Public Hospital Dist. #1 and CMCH Holdings to allow Capella Healthcare, Inc., to manage the Valley Regional Hospital's operations.
• Vancouver Eye Care – CN11-31 (PDF) –proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Vancouver specializing in eye surgery and plastic surgery. Vancouver Eye Care Certificate (PDF)
• Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital – CN11-19 (PDF) – proposal to establish an adult elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) program in planning Area #4 - Kittitas, Yakima County, and Klickitat East.

Determinations of Reviewability

• Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery, PLLC – DOR11-27 (PDF) – request for exemption on ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue.
• Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery, PLLC – DOR11-27R (PDF) – reconsideration of request for exemption on ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue.
• Aesthetic Surgery Center, PLLC – DOR12-03 (PDF) – request to establish an ambulatory surgery center dedicated to ophthalmology.
• Athenix Body Sculpting Institute – DOR11-28 – request to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue to provide cosmetic surgery.
• Auburn Outpatient Surgery Center – DOR12-04 and DOR12-05 (PDF) – request to establish a time share arrangement in Pierce County facility.
• Auburn Outpatient Surgery Center and South Sound Surgery – DOR11-14 (PDF) – request timeshare of South Sound Surgery Center. Time-share arrangement with South Sound Surgery Center, PLLC (John Conrad, MD) and Auburn Outpatient Surgery Center, LLC (Nancy Becker, DO).
• Columbia River Eye Surgery Center dba Full Spectrum Eye Center - DOR11-19 (PDF) – request for Determination of Reviewability on establishment of an exempt ambulatory surgery center dedicated to ophthalmology.
• Harrison Health Partners – DOR11-20 (PDF) – request to establish an ambulatory surgery center in Bremerton.
• Highlands Rehab, LLC – DOR11-25 (PDF) – request for a six-month extension of Replacement Authorization (RA) 067.
• Issaquah Surgery Center – DOR11-16 #2 (PDF) – request for determination on temporary relocation of surgical services.
• Kline Galland Center – DOR11-17 (PDF) – request for renovation of the Kline Galland Home.
• Mark Reed Hospital – DOR11-15 (PDF) – request to increase swing beds from five to 10 at new replacement site in Elma.
• Meridian Surgery Center – DOR12-04 and DOR12-05 (PDF) – request to establish a time share arrangement in Pierce County facility.
• Meridian Surgical Services – DOR11-18 (PDF) – request to relocate existing Puyallup ambulatory surgery center to a new site in Puyallup and obtain exemption for new site.
• Meridian Surgical Services – DOR11-18 #2 (PDF) – request to relocate existing Puyallup ambulatory surgery center to a new site in Puyallup and obtain exemption for new site.
• MultiCare-Good Samaritan Hospital – DOR11-22 (PDF) – request for on the internal corporate restructure of MultiCare Health System and Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup.
• OB/GYN Associates of Spokane, PS – DOR11-33 (PDF) – request to establish an exempt ambulatory surgery center in Spokane to perform obstetric and gynecologic procedures.
• Olympia Orthopedic Associates, PLLC – DOR11-23 (PDF) – request to relocate ambulatory surgery center to new site.
• Pacific Northwest Eye Associates, PS – DOR12-02 (PDF) – request to establish an exempt ambulatory surgery center in Tacoma dedicated to eye surgery.
• Pacific Northwest Eye Associates – DOR12-09 (PDF) – request to establish an exempt ambulatory surgery center in Tacoma. This Determination of Reviewability is based on a re-organization of a previous exemption (DOR12-02).
• Proliance Surgeons, PS – DOR12-10 (PDF) – Determination of Reviewability on purchase of practice known as Vitreoretinal Associates, PLLC and exempt ambulatory surgery center known as The Retinal Surgery Center. This Determination of Reviewability requests exemption for ambulatory surgery center based on new ownership structure.
• Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital – DOR11-24 (PDF) – Determination on whether the hospital has pediatric kidney transplant approval.
• Providence Health and Services and Swedish Health Services – DOR12-07 (PDF) – Determination of Reviewability on proposed affiliation of Providence Health and Services and Swedish Health Services.
• Puget Sound Kidney Centers (PSKC) – DOR11-26 (PDF) – request to relocate the six-station PSKC-Whidbey Island in its entirety under the exemption requirements of WAC 246-310-289.
• Spokane Obstetrics & Gynecology – DOR11-30 (PDF) – request to establish an exempt ambulatory surgery center in Spokane to perform obstetric and gynecologic procedures.
• VP Surgery Center of Auburn – DOR11-32 (PDF) – request to establish an exempt ambulatory surgery center in Auburn to provide dental procedures.
• VP Surgery Center of Auburn – DOR11-32R (PDF) – reconsideration of request to establish an exempt ambulatory surgery center in Auburn to provide pediatric dental procedures.
• Washington Center for Pain Management, PLLC – DOR12-01 (PDF) – request to establish an exempt ambulatory surgery center in Bellevue dedicated to pain management.

Program Status Reports

• Fiscal Year End – 2011 (PDF)

2010

• Certificate of Need
• Determinations of Reviewability

Certificate of Need

• Advanced Endoscopy Center, PLLC – CN10-06 (PDF) – proposing to establish a new ambulatory surgery center in Vancouver, Clark County. Advanced Endoscopy Center, PLLC Appendix A (PDF) Advanced Endoscopy Center, PLLC Certifiicate (PDF)
• Amenity Home Health Care, Inc. – CN09-31 and CN10-03 – Concurrent Review (PDF) – proposing to establish a Medicare-certified, Medicaid-eligible home health agency in King County. Amenity Home Health Care, Inc., Certificate (PDF)
• Auburn Regional Medical Center – CN10-22, CN10-23 and CN10-25 – Concurrent Review (PDF) – proposing to increase acute care bed capacity in Southeast King County.
• Central Washington Hospital – CN10-08 and CN10-09 – Concurrent Review (PDF) – proposing to establish a dialysis center in East Wenatchee.
• DaVita, Inc. – CN09-26 and CN09-27 – Concurrent Review (PDF) – proposing to establish a new dialysis facility in Spokane planning area #2.
• DaVita, Inc. – CN10-08 and CN10-09 – Concurrent Review (PDF) – proposing to establish a dialysis center in East Wenatchee.
• DaVita, Inc. – CN10-16 and CN10-19A – Concurrent Review (PDF) – proposing to establish a new dialysis facility in Benton County.
• Family Home Care – CN07-05 – Remand Evaluation (PDF) – proposing to establish a Medicare-certified hospice agency to serve Spokane County. Family Home Care Appendix A (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System – CN09-30A (PDF) – proposing to establish a 23-bed dedicated inpatient adult psychiatric unit at St. Joseph Hospital in Pierce County. CN09-30A amends the project to include an acute care bed addition. Franciscan Health System Appendix A (PDF) Franciscan Health System Certificate (PDF)
• Franciscan Health System/St. Joseph Medical Center – CN09-33 (PDF) – proposing to establish a 12-station dialysis facility in Pierce County through a relocation of stations from St. Joseph Medical Center. Franciscan Health System Appendix A (PDF) Franciscan Health System Certificate (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care/IN-RCG – CN09-26, CN09-27 – Concurrent Review (PDF) – proposing to establish a new dialysis facility in Spokane planning area #2. Fresenius Medical Care/IN-RCG Appendix A (PDF) Fresenius Medical Care/IN-RCG Certificate (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care – CN10-18 (PDF) – proposing to add five stations to the existing Fresenius Medical Care Leah Layne Dialysis Center in Othello, Adams County. Fresenius Medical Care Certificate (PDF)
• Fresenius Medical Care – CN10-16 and CN10-19A (PDF) – proposing to establish a new dialysis facility in Benton County.
• Harvard Partners – CN09-31 and CN10-03 – Concurrent Review – proposing to establish a Medicare-certified, Medicaid-eligible home health agency in King County. Harvard Partners Certificate (PDF)
• Kadlec Regional Medical Center – CN09-28A (PDF) – Proposing to operate 15 Level III and 12 Level II bassinettes at the hospital. Kadlec Regional Medical Center Certificate (PDF)
• Kadlec Regional Medical Center – CN10-15 and CN10-21 - Concurrent Review (PDF) - Proposing to increase acute care bed capacity in Benton and Franklin County. Kadlec Regional Medical Center Certificate (PDF)
• Kennewick General Hospital – CN10-04 (PDF) – proposing to have 10-bed Level II Intermediate Care Nursery. Kennewick General Hospital Certificate (PDF)
• Kennewick General Hospital – CN10-15 and CN10-21 - Concurrent Review (PDF) – proposing to increase acute care bed capacity in Benton and Franklin County.
• Kline Galland Center – CN10-14 (PDF) – proposing to establish a new Medicare-certified, Medicaid-eligible hospice agency in King County. Kline Galland Center Certificate (PDF)
• Legacy Health Systems – CN10-29 (PDF) – proposed amendment to CN1263 to account for increases in capital costs in construction of hospital. Legacy Health Systems Certificate (PDF)
• Mid-Columbia Endoscopy Center, LLC - CN10-07 (PDF) – proposing to establish a new ambulatory surgery center in the Benton County planning area. Mid-Columbia Endoscopy Center, LLC Certificate (PDF)
• MultiCare Health System – CN10-22, CN10-23 and CN10-25 – Concurrent Review (PDF) – proposing to increase acute care bed capacity in Southeast King County.
• North Cascade Eye Associates, PS – CN10-20 (PDF) – proposing to establish an ophthalmic ambulatory surgery center in Mount Vernon within the planning area of east Skagit County. North Cascade Eye Associates, PS Appendix A (PDF) North Cascade Eye Associates, PS Certificate (PDF)
• Northwest Weight Loss Surgery – CN10-27 (PDF) – Proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center to provide care in central Snohomish County.
• PeaceHealth – CN09-37 (PDF) – proposing to establish a 10-bed acute care hospital in Friday Harbor, San Juan County. PeaceHealth Appendix A PeaceHealth Certificate (PDF)
• PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital – CN10-11 (PDF) – proposing to relocate behavioral health program from south campus (St. Lukes) to main campus (St. Joseph) by establishing a 20-bed psych program at main campus. Also add 10 acute care beds to the main campus. PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital Appendix A (PDF) PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital Certificate (PDF)
• Sacred Heart Medical Center – CN09-09 – Settlement Evaluation (PDF) – proposing to add acute care bed capacity to the hospital in Spokane County. Sacred Heart Medical Center Exhibit A (PDF) Sacred Heart Medical Center Certificate (PDF)
• Seattle Children's – CN10-28 (PDF) – proposing to establish an ambulatory surgery center to provide pediatric dental care in North King Secondary Health Services Planning Area. Seattle Children's Certificate (PDF)
• Southwest Washington Medical Center – CN10-24 (PDF) – proposing to amend CN1241 because of an increase in capital expenditure from $13,668,792 to $16,598,227. Southwest Washington Medical Center Certificate (PDF)
• Swedish Health Services – CN10-26 (PDF) – proposing to amend CN1379 because of a change in the approved site. Swedish Health Services Certificate (PDF)
• Swedish Medical Center – CN10-32 (PDF) – proposing to enter into a lease agreement with the hospital district to operate Stevens Hospital. Swedish Medical Center Certificate (PDF)
• Swedish Health Services – CN11-02 (PDF) – proposing to amend CN1379A because of a change in the source of financing. Swedish Health Services Certificate (PDF)
• THC Seattle-Kindred Healthcare, Inc. – CN10-12 (PDF) – proposing to amend CN1328A because of an increase in approved costs and modify the condition attached to CN1328 and 1328A. THC Seattle-Kindred Healthcare, Inc. Certificate (PDF)
• University of Washington Medical Center – CN10-30 (PDF) – proposing to add three Level 2 beds and 15 Level 3 beds to the hospital, for a facility total of 50 combined Level 2/Level 3 beds. University of Washington Medical Center Certificate (PDF)
• Valley Medical Center – CN10-22, CN10-23 and CN10-25 – Concurrent Review (PDF) – proposing to increase acute care bed capacity in Southeast King County.

Determinations of Reviewability

• Eagle Healthcare, Inc., – DOR11-11 (PDF) – request for Determination of Reviewability on the renovation of Clarkston Care Center located at 1242 11^th Ave. in Clarkston.
• Eagle Healthcare, Inc., – DOR11-12 (PDF) – request for Determination of Reviewability on the renovation of Highland Terrace Nursing Center located at 640 N.E. Everett St.in Camus.
• Eagle Healthcare, Inc., – DOR11-13 (PDF) – request for Determination of Reviewability on the renovation of Hillcrest Manor located at 721 Otis Ave. in Sunnyside. After completion of the renovation, relocate 14 beds from Grandview Nursing Home to Hillcrest Manor.

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