Certificate-of-need laws are regulatory laws that aim to control the number of healthcare resources in a specific geographic area. CON laws can vary greatly by state, with several states actively ...

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The Village of Butte is seeking to save the local nursing home from closing, but a regulation requiring a certificate of need to change ownership is standing in the way. (Courtesy of Shanna Brooks) ...

Florida is one of 35 states that limit the ability of health care providers to expand their businesses through an approval process known as certificate of need (CON). According to the James Madison ...

Amid rising health care costs, free-market advocates contend CON laws stifle competition that could lead to lower prices. Hospitala disagree.

Michigan is one of 35 states that have certificate of need (CON) laws, which are intended to decrease duplication and promote health care consolidation. Unfortunately, CON laws increase health care ...

Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people. The ambulances frequently travel back and forth to ...

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 ...