Certificate of Need Publications

Publications are now posted on this site and will be available for download at no cost. There will no longer be published versions available for purchase. The link or date shown as a link is the date the publication is available.

If you have questions about any of the publications listed below, please contact James McLemore:

Agency for Health Care Administration
Certificate of Need, MS 28
2727 Mahan Drive
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
Phone: (850) 412-4401

To view past publications please visit our Archived Publications page.

Hospice Publications

Florida Need Projections for Hospice Programs

October, 2018 for the January 2020 Hospice Planning Horizon [1.23MB, PDF]
April, 2019 for the July 2020 Hospice Planning Horizon [1.42MB, PDF]
October 2019 for the January 2021 Hospice Planning Horizon [1.48MB, PDF]
February 2021 for the July 2022 Hospice Planning Horizon [1.32MB, PDF]
August 2021 for the January 2023 Hospice Planning Horizon [1.44MB, PDF] Revised 8/17/2021
February 2022 for the July 2023 Hospice Planning Horizon [1.23MD, PDF]
August 2022 for the January 2024 Hospice Planning Horizon [1.34MD, PDF]

Nursing Home Publications

Florida Community Nursing Home Bed Need Projections & Service Utilization

January 2018 - December 2018 *[7.35MB, PDF]
July 2018 - June 2019 *[7.81MB, PDF]
January 2019 - December 2019 *[740MB, PDF]
July 2019 - June 2020 *[7.56MB, PDF]
January 2020 - December 2020 *[7.50MB, PDF]
July 2020 - June 2021*[7.86MB, PDF]
January 2021 - December 2021*[8.11MD, PDF]

*Due to the large file size the page may take longer to download.

Miscellaneous Publications

Office of the Governor Florida Population Estimates and Projections
(By AHCA District)

2010 to 2025 [4.18MB, PDF] Published February 2012
2010 to 2030 [4.18MB, PDF] Published September 2013
2010 to 2030 [6.13MB, PDF] Published February 2015
2015 to 2030 [4.48 MB, PDF] Published March 2020
2015 to 2030 [3.81 MD, PDF] Published September 2020
2015 to 2030 [3.72 MD, PDF] Published September 2021