Workweek March 7, 2023
North Carolina reaches agreement to Medicaid, Repeal CON Laws
On March 2, North Carolina lawmakers reached an agreement to expand Medicaid to 600,000 additional individuals. According to AP, the agreement won’t be voted on til later in March at the earliest, but if passed, North Carolina would start providing expanded coverage to citizens starting in 2024.
Just as notable is the decision to reverse much of North Carolina’s very stringent Certificate of Need (CON) laws. The state holds some of the strictest restrictions around new healthcare investment and facility development in the state. As part of the bill, much of the CON would be repealed in areas including imaging centers, ASCs and other outpatient facilities (although hospital bed-based CONs will...
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