COPN Atlas

Every Virginia COPN filing in one sortable file

All 131 Certificate of Public Need requests filed with the Virginia Department of Health since August 2024: applicant, parent system, project, planning district, capital cost, batch cycle, competing requests, staff recommendation and decision. Every row links to the state's PDF, and a new file arrives each month.

Founding rate
$500 a year, first five subscribers
First file
March 2027, then monthly
Billing
Invoiced with the first file. Nothing due before.
Public notice
Staff report
Case decision
VA-8848One row, eight of 27 columns
Applicant
Inova Reston MRI Center, LLC
Project
Introduce MRI at an existing imaging center
Location
Fairfax, PD 8
Service line
Diagnostic imaging, MRI
Capital cost
$2,875,382 in the notice; $3,772,642 in the staff report
Decision
Conditional approval, February 16, 2026
Where two state documents disagree, the row carries both values and names the source of each.
131requests filed August 10, 2024 to September 10, 2026
100decided, with the Commissioner's date
27pending, tracked until a decision posts
42rows where state documents disagree

Questions the file answers in a minute

Today each of these means opening several PDFs on the VDH site, because notices, staff reports and decisions are posted separately and decisions are filed by certificate number.

  • What has a competitor filed in my planning district?Filter by applicant or parent system and PD.
  • Which requests are competing in the current batch cycle?Each row lists the requests reviewed with it.
  • How often does the Commissioner follow staff?Staff recommendation and decision sit side by side.
  • What did comparable projects cost?Sort 27 CT or 17 cardiac cath requests by capital cost.
  • What is still waiting on a decision?27 requests are pending as of October 27, 2026.
  • Where do the state's documents conflict?42 rows flag the conflict with both values.

Five rows from the file

Real filings with a few of the columns. Sort by any heading, and open a source link to check the row against the state's document. Swipe the table sideways to see every column.

See coverage and the latest filings
Source: Virginia Department of Health public notices, DCOPN staff reports and Commissioner case decisions, retrieved October 27, 2026.
Source
VA-8830Virginia Commonwealth University Health System AuthorityNew 66-bed general acute care hospital, ChesterfieldPD 15$306,206,172Conditional approval
March 13, 2026. Competed with VA-8831 and VA-8832.
Notice PDF
VA-8850Reston Radiology Advanced Imaging Centers, LLCNew PET/CT imaging center, FredericksburgPD 16$3,483,920Denied
August 20, 2026. Competed with VA-8864.
Notice PDF
VA-8848Inova Reston MRI Center, LLCIntroduce MRI at an existing imaging center, FairfaxPD 8$2,875,382
Sources disagreeThe public notice lists $2,875,382. The staff report lists $3,772,642. The file carries both.
Conditional approval
February 16, 2026.
Notice PDF
VA-8865Riverside Lifelong Health & Rehabilitation SmithfieldAdd 26 nursing home beds by relocation, SmithfieldPD 20$7,053,440Approved
April 24, 2026.
Notice PDF
VA-8873Bon Secours - Hampton Roads Behavioral Health, LLCNew 96-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital, ChesapeakePD 20$103,156,063Decision pending
Staff recommended conditional approval. Competes with VA-8875.
Notice PDF

Highlighted rows have a discrepancy between state documents.The 10-row sample has every column and arrives within one business day.

How the subscription works

  1. Reserve now, pay nothing.The form takes a minute. I confirm by email within one business day.
  2. First file in March 2027.The full file and an invoice for $500, payable by check or ACH. If the file does not match this site's description, you do not pay.
  3. A new file every month.New filings, staff reports and decisions added, with changed rows marked.

Pricing and terms

Built from the state's own documents

Every row comes from public notices, DCOPN staff reports and Commissioner case decisions published by the Virginia Department of Health, and every row links back to them. I check each row against its sources before delivery.

When the documents disagree on cost, district, applicant or request number, the file keeps both values instead of picking one.

Read the method

A public notice, a staff report and a case decision feed one row in the file Public noticeApplicant, project, cost Staff reportRecommendation, rivals Case decisionFiled by certificate no. Request Applicant PD Cost Decision 2 values
Three documents, posted separately and often under different numbers, become one row. Conflicts stay visible.

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Nothing is due until the first file arrives in March 2027, and you can cancel before then at no cost.