News watchers around the U.S. have likely seen the warnings: without certificate of need (CON) laws, hospitals will be forced to close their doors when for-profit organizations open and cherry pick ...

States are rolling back Certificate of Need, or CON, laws in the face of growing demand for healthcare and mounting evidence that they might not lower spending. CON laws often require providers to get ...

America needs healthy competition. In the healthcare arena, competition expands patient choice, controls cost and stimulates innovation in the delivery of medical care. Anti-competitive policies ...

Ophthalmologist Jay Singleton is challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina's certificate of need statute.

As many states move to encourage healthcare companies to develop properties by relaxing or repealing certificate-of-need laws, New York is taking a bold move in the opposite direction. The Empire ...

As the nation marks National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, a Florida expert said it is time to change the narrative ...

Four applicants have filed certificate of need applications with the state health department to add up to 129 hospital beds ...