The COPN record, sorted
One row per request with an application received since January 2016, with the staff recommendation, the Commissioner's decision and links to the state's PDFs where VDH has posted them. Letters of intent show who is about to file.
Reserve opens a Google Form and takes about a minute. No card, and nothing is due until January 2027.
Documents disagree
Introduce MRI at an existing imaging center
The two documents give different costs. The row keeps both and names the source of each.
Also in the fileMaryland, since 2021DC, since 2016North Carolina, since 2016
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.
The same file answers different questions depending on your job. Pick yours.
Advise a hospital, practice or developer client whether to file, oppose a competing request or contest a decision, and back the advice with Virginia precedent.
See what it doesBuild an application that holds up in staff review: the existing inventory, the comparable projects and the cost benchmarks.
See what it doesKnow what competitors are planning in your service area before it reaches public notice, and brief leadership on it.
See what it doesDecide where to add a scanner, a cath lab, operating rooms or beds, and judge the odds and the timeline before spending on an application.
See what it doesDiligence a provider, a deal or a site whose value depends on a certificate of public need.
See what it doesReal 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.
| Source | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA-8830 | Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority | New 66-bed general acute care hospital, Chesterfield | PD 15 | $306,206,172 | Conditional approval March 13, 2026. Competed with VA-8831 and VA-8832. | Notice PDF |
| VA-8850 | Reston Radiology Advanced Imaging Centers, LLC | New PET/CT imaging center, Fredericksburg | PD 16 | $3,483,920 | Denied August 20, 2026. Competed with VA-8864. | Notice PDF |
| VA-8848 | Inova Reston MRI Center, LLC | Introduce MRI at an existing imaging center, Fairfax | PD 8 | $2,875,382Sources 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-8865 | Riverside Lifelong Health & Rehabilitation Smithfield | Add 26 nursing home beds by relocation, Smithfield | PD 20 | $7,053,440 | Approved April 24, 2026. | Notice PDF |
| VA-8873 | Bon Secours - Hampton Roads Behavioral Health, LLC | New 96-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital, Chesapeake | PD 20 | $103,156,063 | Decision 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.
Every row comes from public notices, DCOPN staff reports and Commissioner case decisions published by the Virginia Department of Health, and most rows link back to them; the rest come from VDH's own request log. I check each row against its sources before delivery.
Disagreements on cost, district, applicant or request number go in the discrepancies column, with the document behind each value.
Nothing is due until the first file arrives in January 2027, and you can cancel before then at no cost.
No card and nothing due until January 2027.