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Recent CON decisions threatened by absence of public hearings

A recent decision in a legal dispute from western North Carolina could shake up multiple cases involving state certificates of need. The decision prompted one of the state’s largest health care providers to file a friend-of-the-court brief Monday.

State’s highest court has chance to end CON game

North Carolina's highest court has a chance to strike down a significant barrier to health care reform.

Mitch Kokai

Washington won’t fix health care

North Carolina’s Medicaid program will expand on December 1 to offer fully subsidized health plans to virtually every legal resident whose household income is at or below 138% of the federal poverty line. Notice I said “offer.” Many individuals and households who’ll now qualify for Medicaid are already enrolled in other health plans, either through...

John Hood

Split Appeals Court rules against state regulators, Duke in CON dispute

The state Court of Appeals has ruled 2-1 against state health care regulators and Duke Health in a fight over a certificate of need in Wake County. The decision allows a medical imaging company to add an MRI scanner in Wake Forest.

Report: NC hospitals lack price transparency and inflate prices

North Carolina’s hospitals are being called out in a new report that shows a wide range in hospital pricing, huge price markups from Medicare rates, and a lack of price transparency.

Theresa Opeka

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State high court will consider New Bern eye surgeon’s CON challenge

More than a year after a New Bern eye surgeon asked North Carolina’s highest court to take up his challenge of the state’s certificate-of-need law, the court has answered yes. An order issued Friday confirms that the North Carolina Supreme Court will hear Dr. Jay Singleton’s challenge to state CON restrictions. Singleton had appealed to the high court in August 2022.

Freedom wins victories in state capitals

Right-of-center politicians, activists, and intellectuals are currently engaged in a vigorous debate about their movement’s present condition and future prospects. Self-styled National Conservatives, for example, argue that the federal government should play a greater role in the economy, using protective tariffs and taxpayer subsidies to aid politically favored industries. By contrast, Freedom Conservatives embrace free...

John Hood

North Carolina has no need for this CON game

North Carolina's certificate of need sets up a competition for government favors instead of a competition for customers' business.

Mitch Kokai

State Appeals Court to tackle Duke, UNC battle over Durham County CON

One of the latest legal battles over North Carolina’s certificate-of-need regime involves a fight in Durham County between two of the region’s major health care providers. At stake are 40 new hospital beds and two operating rooms.

Folwell warns of rising healthcare costs under Medicaid Expansion

During his monthly “Ask Me Anything” conference call with reporters earlier this week, North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell said he is concerned healthcare costs increasing under Medicaid expansion, how he is protecting the state pension plan from ESG investments, and why a Senate bill targeting municipalities with late audits is good for their residents....

Theresa Opeka

NC Supreme Court rejects case that would clarify challenges to government rulings

The N.C. Supreme Court will not take up a case that aimed to clarify rules for North Carolinians challenging government agency decisions. A court order issued Wednesday denied a petition to hear the case. It involved a certificate-of-need dispute with state health regulators.