The scope of the Georgia Department of Community Health’s (DCH) authority to overrule decisions on Certificate of Need (CON) applications rendered by hearing officers was at issue Tuesday before the state Supreme Court.
Georgia lawmakers from the House and Senate are putting the state’s system to restrict hospital and other health care services under a microscope this summer.
State lawmakers are settling in for a long look at how Georgia regulates health care services and whether drastic changes should be pursued again next year.
A combination of state senators, health-care executives, and an insurance industry representative were named Wednesday to a study committee that will look for ways to reform the state’s certificate of need (CON) process.
A state Senate committee narrowly approved legislation late Tuesday that would replace Georgia’s certificate of need law governing hospitals with a less restrictive “special health-care service” license.
ATLANTA — State lawmakers have eased restrictions in Georgia’s certificate of need (CON) law over the years, making it easier for providers to build new health care facilities or offer new medical services without proving the community needs them.
The Certificate of need for the $130 million project is being opposed by a health system based not in Georgia, but just across the state line in Tennessee.
Georgia lawmakers are considering changes to the way the state approves new hospitals and medical facilities. GPB’s Cindy Hill spoke with Charles Owens,...
