Becker's Healthcare July 19, 2024
Francesca Mathewes

Certificate-of-need laws require healthcare providers and systems to get permission from the state before expanding or building new facilities, and they can be controversial among providers. They’re particularly relevant for the ASC industry, as physicians and other players look to open more centers.

Here’s five things to know about CON laws and ASCs:

  1. The CON landscape is changing. Some states, like North Carolina, have become central to the fight for reform when it comes to CON laws. The North Carolina Senate proposed its budget for the next two fiscal years that would drop CON requirements in urban areas on the condition that those ASCs meet the Medicaid and self-pay threshold. South Carolina and Mississippi are two other...

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