Advocates for the current certificate of need law, however, say repealing the law is the wrong solution. They said that to save rural nursing homes from closing — 50 have closed since 2015 — the state ...

A March 14 MedPAC report found that while certificate-of-need laws are a major factor in ASC development, other state-specific factors, such as healthcare payment models and demographics, can blunt ...

A Google Street View image shows Butte Senior Living, a now-empty rural nursing home that has sparked new debate about certificate of need laws. (Photo: Screenshot from Google Maps) A nursing home in ...

It took an Iowa ophthalmologist 20 years, five applications and a lawsuit before he was able to open an ASC in Cedar Rapids next to his practice, according to an op-ed published in the Gazette. Lee ...

As certificate of need (CON) laws continue to evolve across the United States, healthcare executives are facing a regulatory landscape that is in rapid flux. These changes are opening the door to new ...

Via Kite & Key Media-- Why is health care so expensive in America? Here’s one weird reason: In most states, you need the government’s permission to build a new hospital. 35 states (and Washington, D.C ...

(The Center Square) – Former minority party leader Dan Blue of Wake County and Julie Mayfield of Buncombe County are on record as the lone Democrats in the North Carolina Senate favoring repeal of ...

Across America, Certificate of Need (CON) programs have been used to regulate resources within the health care industry. These laws or programs are tools by which states require hospitals and health ...

The state’s certificate-of-need system for adding medical facilities is in the legislative cross-hairs again with a key Senate Republican leader reviving the issue Tuesday. Sen. Ralph Hise, R-McDowell ...

The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has breathed new life into a case challenging the constitutionality of Virginia’s certificate of need program, deciding the district judge who dismissed the ...

State lawmakers are taking aim, once again, at a major regulatory pillar of health care competition in North Carolina: certificate-of-need rules. The Senate Health Committee met Wednesday to debate ...

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has vetoed the certificate of need program in the state’s budget, saying bureaucracy should not determine communities’ needs for hospitals or medical equipment, ...