As the coronavirus crisis mounts, the financial strain on North Carolina’s hospitals is growing. To meet the crisis, hospitals are making major changes in operations, facilities and staffing – changes that cost some systems tens of millions of dollars a month. The financial-rescue bill passed by Congress last week includes $1.2 billion for North Carolina’s crisis healthcare needs, but even … [Read more...] about Coronavirus Crisis: Straining Hospitals’ Finances
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Many of North Carolina’s business, policy and health care leaders all agree that the Certificate of Need law is critical to their communities.
Protect CON. Protect Health Care
For years, North Carolina policy-makers have wrestled with how to wisely regulate health care: How do we hold down costs? How do we ensure quality care for everyone? North Carolina’s Certificate of Need law is a vital part of the answer. It puts much-needed guardrails around our health care system. Without CON, North Carolinians would pay more for care, and they might not be able to get some … [Read more...] about Protect CON. Protect Health Care
As Rural Hospitals Struggle, Some Opt To Close Labor and Delivery Units
A few years ago, when a young woman delivered her baby at Alleghany Memorial Hospital in Sparta, North Carolina, it was in the middle of a Valentine’s Day ice storm and the mountain roads out of town were impassable. The delivery was routine, but the baby girl had trouble breathing because her lungs weren’t fully developed. Dr. Maureen Murphy, the family physician who delivered her that night, … [Read more...] about As Rural Hospitals Struggle, Some Opt To Close Labor and Delivery Units
Costs increase when Certificate of Need laws changed or eliminated
Other states have changed or eliminated their Certificate of Need laws and costs have increased. A study in Florida examined the cost differences between Certificate of Need states and states without. Download Case Study … [Read more...] about Costs increase when Certificate of Need laws changed or eliminated
