An ambulatory surgery center in Kitty Hawk will remain closed for the foreseeable future, thanks to the latest certificate-of-need ruling from the N.C. Court of Appeals. A unanimous three-judge appellate panel reversed a lower court decision. The lower court’s order might have allowed the center to reopen with minimal new state red tape. The case...
Cases involving a high-profile political activist and a controversial state medical regulation await the N.C. Court of Appeals as it returns to regular in-person hearings this week. The state’s second-highest court announced recently that it will resume its regular schedule of in-person oral arguments with the start of its fall session. Three-judge Appeals Court panels...
There are the numbers associated with the biennial budget proposal from the N.C. Senate, of course, but, as with most budgets, the numbers are sometimes associated with policy initiatives wrapped into the spending plan. This budget cycle is no exception. With ‘Health and Human Services’ being one of the single largest budget outlays, health care...
It’s hard to find a law that better protects existing medical providers from potential competitors.
RALEIGH — Medical providers in North Carolina must receive permission from the state — called a certificate of need — to add services such as hospital beds or a testing machine. According to new research by the John Locke Foundation, the regulations restrict competition and harm consumers.
