Two applicants have filed certificate of need applications with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to develop operating rooms
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 1:00 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Six applicants have filed certificate of need applications with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to acquire one or more mobile MRI scanner(s) in response to a need determination in the 2023 State Medical Facilities Plan
Published: Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 @ 10:53 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Critizies Certificate of Need Law for Damaging the Affordability of Medical Care and Patients' Access to Rural Hospitals
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 9:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper had an op-ed published today in the Raleigh News & Observer calling out the hospital lobby as an obstacle to Medicaid expansion in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 1:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s Certificate of Need statute intentionally restricts the supply of medical services. It forces medical service providers to obtain a certificate of need (CON) before opening new or expanded facilities, installing new or additional equipment, or even, in some instances, treating more
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 1:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed the state’s decision to award InSight Health Corp. a certificate of need for a mobile PET/CT scanner.
Published: Thursday, August 26th, 2021 @ 4:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At least one judge considering the latest certificate-of-need case at the N.C. Court of Appeals sees a key problem with the state’s CON law.
Published: Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 @ 10:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Cases involving a high-profile political activist and a controversial state medical regulation await the N.C. Court of Appeals as it returns to regular in-person hearings this week.
Published: Monday, August 16th, 2021 @ 1:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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My research brief today answers nine questions about the remarkably “unremarkable” Certificate of Need (CON) law case just decided in the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Sunday, August 1st, 2021 @ 11:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The purpose of the certificate-of-need law, according to the state health department, is to restrict “unnecessary cost increases” and “limit unnecessary services” in health care across the state.
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 5:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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From Medicaid changes to increased resources for behavioral health, to higher monetary thresholds for requiring Certificate of Need, the budget bill touches on key healthcare policy issues.
Published: Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 @ 3:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A Durham County Superior Court judge has dismissed a New Bern eye surgeon’s lawsuit challenging the state’s certificate-of-need law.
Published: Monday, June 7th, 2021 @ 9:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislation introduced this week would decrease healthcare costs and increase access to medical care for North Carolinians, by eliminating our backwards and restrictive Certificate of Need (CON) laws.
Published: Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 @ 8:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Certificate of Need laws give the state control of medical resources.
Published: Thursday, March 11th, 2021 @ 10:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Certificate of Need laws have ruined governors and exiled the wealthy and the powerful to federal prison.
Published: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021 @ 8:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Public hearings for certificate of need applications are scheduled only if they are required by law.
Published: Thursday, January 21st, 2021 @ 2:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Winston-Salem surgeon thought he had a good legal case against North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law back in July 2018. More than 18 months later, he still thinks so.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 8:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A doctor suing to overturn restrictions on patient care just won his first victory.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 @ 6:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s illegal for him to treat his patients. By law, he can’t get an MRI machine because the hospital down the street already has one.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 @ 10:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Certificate of need reform was one of the bills sacrificed as scrap material for the piecemeal budget.
Published: Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 @ 7:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Certificate of Need reform could join the other health-care issues that are ensnared in the fight over the budget veto override and Medicaid expansion.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 @ 10:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A state law that’s supposed to promote N.C. health care could block Wake County residents from accessing superior medical technology.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 4:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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By the time it made it through the Senate, the bill to reform Certificate-of-Need laws had lost most of its teeth.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 1:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A years-long push to expand competition in the health-care industry passed the Senate Health Committee Monday and soon may reach the Senate floor.
Published: Saturday, July 20th, 2019 @ 8:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative opponents of certificate of need laws are confident. This may be the year they prevail against the restrictive health-care regulations.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 6:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Texas did it in 1985. California did it in 1987. Pennsylvania did it in 1996. New Hampshire did it in 2016. Florida did it in 2019.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 12:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bipartisan group of House members hopes to break a regulatory chokehold on surgical facilities.
Published: Friday, May 10th, 2019 @ 4:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Nothing in the U.S. Constitution implies a hierarchy among rights. Nevertheless, the federal courts have insisted on relegating economic rights to second-class status
Published: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018 @ 5:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A North Carolina doctor filed a lawsuit Monday in North Carolina Superior Court to overturn the state's Certificate of Need (CON) laws
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 4:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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What can lawmakers consider during the 2018 short session? Not everything, because of limits imposed by the long session Adjournment Resolution
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina could be home to one of the largest hospital behemoths in the nation if UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare System finalize their partnership agreement. On a combined $14 billion operating budget, the two systems manage 50 hospitals and employ 90,000 people.
Published: Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 @ 3:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans' failure to repeal and replace Obamacare leaves the fate of free-market health reforms unclear
Published: Saturday, November 4th, 2017 @ 4:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A typical North Carolina medical patient would save nearly $300 a year and have more competitive options for lower-cost treatment if outdated regulations didn't exist, research shows
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2017 @ 6:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Round one of this year's legislative session is over. But they'll be back
Published: Sunday, July 2nd, 2017 @ 8:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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