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N.C. May Loosen Restrictive CON Laws
Would make single-specialty ASCs easier to open.
Published:March 14, 2013
The North Carolina House of Representatives has introduced HB177, which would make single-specialty ASCs easier to open. The bill would lift certificate of need (CON) restrictions on single-specialty centers in most of the state and on the purchase of imaging equipment for diagnostic centers, and stop hospitals from relocating ORs off-campus. The bill passed its first reading and on Feb. 28 was referred to the health and human services committee, which would pass the bill on to the appropriations committee.
The Charlotte Observer notes that CON regulations in North Carolina are some of "the nation's most restrictive" and that there are fewer than 100 ASCs in the state. The paper also reports that the N.C. Hospital Association is strongly opposing HB177.
The bill in North Carolina comes on the heels of a bill to loosen multispecialty ASC CON rules in Georgia, which ultimately failed.
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