Criteria and Standards for Financial Feasibility

PURPOSE: This rule outlines the criteria and standards against which a project involving a health care facility would be evaluated relative to the financial feasibility of the project in a Certificate of Need (CON) review. (1) Proposals for any new hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, residential care facility, or assisted living facility construction must include documentation that the proposed costs per square foot are reasonable when compared to the latest RS Means Cost Data Percentile Limit Total New Construction Project Costs (Form MO 580-1866 included herein), available from the Certificate of Need Program (CONP). Any proposal with costs in excess of the three-fourths (3/4) percentile must include justification for the higher costs. (2) Proposals must document that sufficient financing will be available to assure completion of the project by providing a letter from a financial institution saying it is willing to finance the project including the amount necessary for financing, or an auditor’s statement that unrestricted funds are available for the project. (3) Document financial feasibility by including— (A) The Service-Specific Revenues and Expenses (Form MO 580-1865 included herein), as a financial pro forma for each revenue generating service affected by the project for the past three (3) full years projected through three (3) full years beyond project completion; and (B) For existing services, a copy of the latest available audited financial statements or the most recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 990 Form or similar IRS filing for facilities not having individual audited financial statements. (4) Show how the proposed service will be affordable to the population in the proposed service area: (A) Document how the proposal would impact current patient charges, and disclose the method for deriving charges for this service, including both direct and indirect components of the charge; and (B) Demonstrate that the proposed service will be responsive to the needs of the medically indigent through such mechanisms as fee waivers, reduced charges, sliding fee scales, or structured payments. (5) If the proposal is for a new skilled nursing or intermediate care facility, provide the percentage of the admissions that would be Medicaid eligible on the first day of admission or become Medicaid eligible within ninety (90) days of admission. (6) If the proposal is to add new long-term beds to an existing skilled nursing or intermediate care facility, provide the percentage of the admissions that is Medicaid eligible on the first day of admission or becomes Medicaid eligible within ninety (90) days of admission. SENIOR SERVICES SENIOR SERVICES AUTHORITY: section 197.320, RSMo 2016.* Emergency rule filed Aug. 29, 1997, effective Sept. 8, 1997, expired March 6, 1998. Original rule filed Aug. 29, 1997, effective March 30, 1998. Amended: Filed Oct. 19, 1999, effective April 30, 2000. Emergency rescission and rule filed Dec. 14, 2001, effective Jan. 1, 2002, expired June 29, 2002. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Dec. 14, 2001, effective June 30, 2002. Emergency amendment filed Aug. 14, 2006, effective Aug. 28, 2006, expired Feb. 23, 2007. Amended: Filed Aug. 14, 2006, effective March 30, 2007. Amended: Filed Oct. 1, 2010, effective May 30, 2011. Amended: Filed Aug. 9, 2019, effective March 30, 2020. Amended: Filed June 29, 2022, effective Jan. 30, 2023. Amended: Filed Aug. 19, 2025, effective April 30, 2026. *Original authority: 197.320, RSMo 1979, amended 1993, 1995, 1999.