Learn how Certificate of Need (CON) laws regulate healthcare facility development, their purpose, examples, and the impact on competition and infrastructure.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- It's called a "certificate of need" -- the state's way of granting approval for a nursing home to build or expand its facilities. Adopted as Missouri law 23 years ago, the ...

The policy debate surrounding certificate-of-need laws heated up in 2025, as critics claim the laws have long-stifled competition in healthcare, particularly in the ASC space. Here are three states ...

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Some believe reforming "certificate of need" will help with access to healthcare. Parts of the state face obstacles getting enough mental and physical healthcare for their people. Some believe ...

The growth of ASCs reflects their status as a proven model for high-quality procedures and low costs, but their development faces a considerable obstacle in many markets: certificate-of-need laws.

Pete Rathburn is a copy editor and fact-checker with expertise in economics and personal finance and over twenty years of experience in the classroom. A certificate of need (CON) is a legal document ...

Members of the state House Health and Human Resources Committee did the right thing this week by voting down House Bill 2007, which would have repealed the certificate of need program that helps make ...

Challenge to constitutionality of certificate of need law, regulating medical facilities expansion, could be headed back to NC Supreme Court.

Sen. Saud Anwar, surrounded by health care workers, speaks at a rally at the state Capitol in November 2023 to preserve Manchester Memorial Hospital, Rockville General Hospital and Waterbury Hospital.

A Kentucky paramedic faced potential license revocation for administering life-saving antivenom, an act outside his permitted scope. Certificate of need (CON) laws in Kentucky restrict the expansion ...

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