The Medical Facilities Planning Section provides staff support to the North Carolina State Health Coordinating Council in the development of the annual State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP) and Semiannual Dialysis Reports (SDR).
Staff support is provided to the council, its three standing committees (Acute Care Services, Long-Term and Behavioral Health and Technology and Equipment) as well as special work groups or task forces that may be appointed to focus on specific issues.
Physical Address: 701 Barbour Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603
Mailing Address: 2714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-2714
Telephone Number: 919-855-3865
Fax: 919-715-4413.
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Elizabeth K. Brown, Section Chief, Budget and Planning, 919-855-3751, Elizabeth.Brown@ncmail.net |
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Kelli Fisk, Administrative Assistant, 919-855-3866, kelli.fisk@ncmail.net Areas of Responsibility: Support to North Carolina State Health Coordinating Council; Support to Medical Facilities Planning Section. |
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Floyd Cogley, Planner, 919-855-3869, floyd.cogley@ncmail.net Areas of Responsibility: Nursing Care Facilities; Adult Care Homes; Home Health Services; and Hospice Services |
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Victoria McClanahan, Planner, 919-855-3868, victoria.mcclanahan@ncmail.net Areas of Responsibility: Acute Care; Operating Rooms; Inpatient Rehabilitation; Dialysis |
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Carol G. Potter, Planner, 919-855-3867, carol.potter@ncmail.net Areas of Responsibility: Technology and Equipment; Psychiatric Inpatient Facilities; Substance Abuse Inpatient and Residential Services; and Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded |
Acute Care Services Committee: planning for acute care beds,
operating rooms, open heart surgery services, heart-lung bypass machines,
burn intensive care services, transplantation services [bone marrow transplants
and solid organ transplants], and inpatient rehabilitation services.
Staffed by: Victoria McClanahan.
Long-Term and Behavioral Health Committee: planning for nursing
care facilities; adult care homes; home health services; hospice services; end-stage
renal disease dialysis facilities; psychiatric inpatient facilities; substance
abuse inpatient and residential services; and intermediate care facilities for
the mentally retarded.
Staffed by: Floyd Cogley, Victoria McClanahan and Carol Potter
Technology and Equipment Committee: planning for lithotripsy,
gamma knife, radiation oncology services – linear accelerators, positron emission
tomography scanners, magnetic resonance imaging scanners, and cardiac catheterization/angioplasty
equipment.
Staffed by: Carol Potter.