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North Carolina Health Care Opportunities in 2026

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North Carolina’s Healthcare Planning Section is hard at work on a new State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP), which can be expected to include a range of 2026 health care development opportunities in counties across North...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Policy Brief: Aligning Nursing Home Bed Planning with New York’s Certificate of Need Reform Goals

Last month, New York State began a formal review of its Certificate of Need (CON) process for nursing homes, launching a timely conversation about how best to align regulatory oversight with evolving system needs. A new...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - June 2025

I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2024-031, Springhill Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Springhill Medical Center, Mobile County, AL: Proposes to add twenty (20) inpatient rehabilitation beds to an existing eighteen (18) bed...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - April 2025

I. II. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2024-025, 211-213 Ana Drive Operations, LLC d/b/a Hilltop at Glenwood II, Lauderdale County, AL: Proposes to convert sixteen (16) existing assisted living facility (ALF) beds into...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - May 2024

I. Certificate of Need Program - A. Contested Case - AL2023-021, Affinity Hospital, LLC d/b/a Grandview Medical Center, Hoover, AL: Proposes to establish a Freestanding Emergency Department (FED) in the city of Hoover,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Spotlight on Minimum Staffing Standards in Long Term Care Facilities

The long term care industry is currently in the midst of a labor crisis, with nursing homes in particular experiencing chronic and severe staffing shortages. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, a rapidly aging population,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - July 2023

I. Certificate of Need Program A. A. AL2023-013, Birmingham Operations, LLC d/b/a Harmony at Birmingham, Trussville, AL: Proposes to construct and operate a thirty-two (32) bed Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - June 2023

I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2023-011, Metro Treatment of Alabama, L.P. d/b/a Birmingham Metro Treatment Center, Birmingham, AL: Proposes to relocate Birmingham Metro Treatment Center, an existing outpatient...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

South Carolina Certificate of Need Program Repealed (Except for Nursing Homes)

After four years’ effort, the South Carolina House of Representatives unanimously passed S. 164 yesterday, eliminating Certificate of Need (CON) requirements for all health care facilities except nursing homes and the Medical...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - April 2023

I. Certificate of Need Program - A. Contested Case: AL2022-022, St. Vincent’s Birmingham, Pelham, AL: Proposes to develop a multi-specialty building to include a freestanding emergency department (FED), imaging center,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - September 2022

I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2022-020, Infirmary ASC - Saraland, LLC, Mobile, AL: Proposes to construct and operate a freestanding multi-specialty Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) consisting of four (4) operating...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - April 2022

I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2022-005, Saad Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Saad Hospice Services, Mobile, AL: Proposes to add ten (10) additional inpatient hospice beds to The Retreat, an existing inpatient hospice...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama CON Report - October 2021

I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2021-039, Monroe County Health Care Authority d/b/a Monroe County Hospital, Monroeville, AL: Proposes to convert ten (10) acute care beds to ten (10) swing beds in order to provide...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Tennessee Makes Major Changes to CON Law

Tennessee healthcare providers will soon have a very different certificate of need (CON) law to consider as they plan new facilities and services. Tennessee’s legislature and governor recently enacted Public Chapter 557,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Heightened Scrutiny of Nursing Homes (and Private Equity) in Post-COVID-19 Enforcement

On March 3, 2020, then-Attorney General William Barr announced the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which aimed to “bring justice to those owners and operators who have profited at the expense of...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Ohio nursing home quality of care addressed in draft executive budget

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A draft of Ohio Governor DeWine’s State Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Executive Budget Proposal includes provisions to address quality of care in the state’s nursing homes....more

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West Virginia Updates Nursing Home Vaccination Distribution Plan

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As the country prepares to end the fight against COVID-19, questions regarding the distribution of vaccines have understandably been at the forefront of the minds of Long-Term Care Facilities (“LTCF”). Indeed, those questions...more

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Hospitals & Nursing Homes: Old Dangers on the Increase During a Pandemic?

Hospitals in Florida and the rest of the country generally are careful about safety measures, staff-to-patient ratios and infection control. There are specific standards of care they must meet in the communities they serve. ...more

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New York Eliminates Some Liability Protections For Health Care Facilities and Professionals Relating to the COVID-19 Emergency

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 3, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a new law that rolled back protections for nursing homes and hospitals in New York in connection with COVID-19 liabilities...more

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Mississippi Legislature Appropriates CARES Act Funds for Healthcare Providers

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Section 5001 (Division A, Title V) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) passed by Congress earlier this year established the $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund (“Relief Fund”). Under this...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Economic Recovery: States Offer Varied Liability Protections for Businesses

Businesses continue to face uncertain liability risks from COVID-19-related lawsuits. The state initiatives for civil liability protections for businesses remain limited and varied by jurisdiction. The statutes enacted to...more

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CMS Rapidly Approves Section 1135 Waivers in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic - Update

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This content was last updated as of Thursday, April 24 at 12:00 p.m. CST- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues its issuance of Section 1135 waivers, waiving or modifying certain Medicare, Medicaid,...more

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CMS Rapidly Approves Section 1135 Waivers in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues its issuance of Section 1135 waivers, waiving or modifying certain Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) requirements to ensure that...more

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CMS Expands Blanket Waivers to Help Hospitals and Other Providers

On March 30, 2020, CMS issued numerous additional blanket waivers to give providers greater flexibility in responding to COVID-19. (See https://www.cms.gov/files/document/summary-covid-19-emergency-declaration-waivers.pdf)....more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

New Connecticut Legislation Affecting Healthcare Providers and Entities Effective October 1, 2019

Multiple public acts from Connecticut’s 2019 legislative session go into effect on October 1, 2019. Below is a list of public health legislation effective October 1, with links to our previous posts summarizing the acts...more

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