Mattie Dawson
9:21 - 10:05
“generally the requirement applies to projects with expenditures of $1.5 million or more for construction, renovation, or expansion of a healthcare facility, changes in bed capacity, or the addition of a category of health services. Additionally, if you're converting a building or part of one into a nursing home, that also requires Certificate of Need regardless of cost.”
- Speaker
- Mattie Dawson
- Timestamp
- 9:21 – 10:05
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 30, 2026
From the transcript
So when does a project need Certificate of Need approval? I'll give a really high-level overview, but generally the requirement applies to projects with expenditures of $1.5 million or more for construction, renovation, or expansion of a healthcare facility, changes in bed capacity, or the addition of a category of health services. Additionally, if you're converting a building or part of one into a nursing home, that also requires Certificate of Need regardless of cost. Once a project requires review, the standard and methodologies guide our evaluation, and then that is going to bring us to why we're updating them. Next slide, please.
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