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Top NC court issues stay in Candler CON dispute
The North Carolina Supreme Court agreed Monday to stay a lower court’s ruling in a certificate-of-need dispute in western North Carolina.
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AdventHealth asks NC Supreme Court to clarify CON case law
AdventHealth is asking North Carolina’s highest court to take a case that would help clarify future legal disputes over the state’s certificate-of-need law.
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Mission Health seeks publication of recent CON court ruling
Mission Health is urging North Carolina’s second-highest court to publish a recent decision in a certificate-of-need dispute. Publication would give the decision authority as a legal precedent.
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Lack of CON public hearing amounted to ‘agency error,’ Appeals Court concludes
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has determined that state regulators should have held a public hearing before awarding a disputed certificate of need in 2022 for a new hospital emergency department in Buncombe County. Yet Tuesday's unanimous unpublished decision from the state’s second-highest court stopped short of ruling that the lack of a public hearing would force the state to drop the CON.
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Appeals Court to decide whether lack of public hearing could kill a CON
The outcome of a legal dispute over a new hospital emergency department in Buncombe County could depend on a state law requiring a public hearing. The state Appeals Court will decide in the months ahead whether the absence of a public hearing jeopardizes the certificate of need for a new Mission Health emergency department in Candler.
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Hendersonville hospital seeks to join CON court arguments
A Hendersonville hospital is asking the state Court of Appeals for permission to take part in upcoming arguments over a certificate-of-need dispute. The request follows the court’s recent decision to allow UNC Health to jump into the case.
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UNC Health will take part in Appeals Court review of CON public hearings
Lawyers for UNC Health Care will explain their views about the state certificate-of-need law’s public hearing requirement on Feb. 20 at the state Appeals Court. The court issued an order Thursday giving UNC Health five minutes during oral arguments in the case Fletcher Hospital v. NC Department of Health and Human Services.
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UNC Health asks to take part in Appeals Court case on CON public hearings
Lawyers for the UNC Health Care System hope to take part in oral arguments later this month in a certificate-of-need dispute at the state Appeals Court. The dispute does not involve any UNC Health facilities or equipment. Oral arguments are scheduled Feb. 22 in the case Fletcher Hospital Inc. v. NC Department of Health and Human Services.
Opinion
Public input in CON process requires greater public knowledge
A case at North Carolina's Court of Appeals focuses on the absence of public hearings in recent certificate-of-need decisions.
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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.
