A Senate committee passed protection for direct primary care providers and discussed regulatory reforms to prepare hospitals and other health care workers for the second wave of the coronavirus. The Senate Health Care Committee on Thursday, May 28, unanimously passed House Bill 471…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many questions with precious few answers. It’s tough to debate otherwise. A dearth of data, beyond the numbers of confirmed cases and deaths, allowing people to make reasonable decisions about their safety —…
A surgeon’s challenge to make health care more affordable for his patients is another casualty of the coronavirus. But another surgeon has carried on the fight, suing to overturn the certificate of need laws that restrict the supply of health care in North Carolina. Surgeon…
The coronavirus did what years of lawmaking and lawsuits failed to do — pushed North Carolina to temporarily waive barriers on telemedicine and the controversial certificate of need laws that restrict the supply of health care. Ambulatory surgery centers can now act as temporary hospitals. Out-of-state…
The coronavirus has nearly everyone re-evaluating what is a necessity and what is not. While households are making decisions on what travel is essential and which household items to stock up on, state and local governments are re-evaluating what regulations are truly necessary and which ones are just…
During emergencies, government plays an indispensable role — and that role can certainly include swinging the hammer of more regulation. But not every problem is a nail.
An obscure regulation could cripple hospitals’ collective ability to treat a coronavirus outbreak in North Carolina, says surgeon Jeffrey Singer, senior fellow at the Cato Institute. Experts don’t yet know the severity of the coronavirus, but they fear it could overwhelm the nation’s health care system.
Legislators are looking at a controversial reform to lower patients’ medical bills for surgery in North Carolina. Would-be reformers want to introduce more competition into North Carolina’s health care system by partially freeing ambulatory surgery centers from Certificate of Need laws — an obscure regulation that…
A surgeon’s lawsuit against state restrictions on medical equipment has fallen victim to an obscure procedural rule. Dr. Gajendra Singh of Winston-Salem wanted to provide his patients affordable MRI scans, but he can’t buy an MRI scanner without getting state permission…
A surgeon fighting state restrictions on medical equipment lost a court battle Friday, Jan. 9, when Superior Court Judge Gregory McGuire dismissed his specific complaints and sent his broader constitutional challenge before a three-judge panel. Dr. Gajendra Singh can’t give his patients affordable…
