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Alabama CON Review Board Update - May 2013

In this update: - I. Informational Purposes Only - II. Certificate of Need Program - III. Reviewability Determinations and Pending Reviewability Determinations - IV. Declaratory Ruling Request...more

Alabama CON Review Board Update - April 2013

In This Report: - I. Certificate of Need Program - II. Reviewability Determinations and Pending Review ability Determinations - III. New Business - Excerpt of Certificate of Need...more

Mississippi CON Report - April 2013

In This Report - - I. March 2013 - Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since February 2013 CON Meeting - A. Letters of Intent to Change...more

Alabama CON Review Board Update - March 2013

In This Update: - I. Certificate of Need Program - II. Reviewability Determinations and Pending Reviewability Determinations - III. Announcement: - Excerpt from Certificate of Need...more

Mississippi CON Report - March 13, 2013

In This Report: - I. February 28, 2013 - Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since January 2013 CON Meeting - Excerpt from February 28,...more

Alabama CON Review Board Update - February 20, 2013

In This Update: -I. For Informational Purposes Only (no vote required) -II. Certificate of Need Program -III. Reviewability Determinations and Pending Reviewability Determinations -IV. Old Business -...more

Religious Institutions Update: February 2013

Last February, at the request of Senate Finance Committee member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations was formed to address tax-related policy questions of import...more

Religious Institutions Update: January 2013

In 2000, Congress enacted the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000cc et seq. (RLUIPA), in recognition that "new, small, or unfamiliar churches in particular, are frequently discriminated...more

Act Quickly To Retain Eminent Domain Authority

Public and private entities in Texas that currently have the authority to exercise eminent domain — including many hospital districts, municipal hospital authorities, and county hospital authorities — will need to act quickly...more

Mississippi CON Report - December 13, 2012

In This Report: - I. November 29, 2012 - Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. 2013 State Health Plan Approved - III. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since October 2012 CON Meeting -...more

Alabama CON Report - December 12, 2012

In This Issue: - I. Certificate of Need Program - II. For Informational Purposes Only - III. OLD BUSINESS - IV. NEW BUSINESS - Excerpt from Certificate of Need: A. Emergency Application...more

Alabama Supreme Court Announces Modified Four-Part Test for Application

On November 21, 2012, the Alabama Supreme Court announced a modification of the Physician Office Exemption (“POE”) to Alabama’s Certificate of Need (“CON”) rules and regulations. In Ex parte Sacred Heart Health System, Inc....more

Mississippi CON Report - November 9, 2012

In This Issue: - October 25, 2012 - Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since September 2012 CON Meeting - Excerpt from Certificate of Need Program...more

Massachusetts Landlords Smoking Mad About New Medical Marijuana Law

Burned up Massachusetts landlords are fuming with concern over the state’s newly passed but hazy medicinal marijuana law. The law — rolling out Jan. 1 — grants medical marijuana users the right to grow a two-month supply of...more

Alabama SHCC Update - October 26, 2012

1. Discussion of Health Eating Active Living (HEAL) Alabama 2. Hospital Committee Report – State Health Plan Amendment relating to Cardiac Services Report & proposal: Substitute amendment to the State Health Plan...more

Huapala Senior Care E, LLC v. City and County of Honolulu

Complaint

Huapala Senior Care E, LLC, a developer of residential housing for elderly residents of Manoa Valley, today filed a lawsuit in federal court against the City and County of Honolulu. The lawsuit charges that the City,...more

Mississippi CON Report - October 8, 2012

In This Issue: - I. September 27, 2012 - Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since August 2012 CON Meeting - Excerpt from II. Certificate of Need...more

Alabama CON Report - September 19, 2012

In This Issue: - I. CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM - II. For Informational Purposes Only – Reviewability Determinations and Pending Reviewability Determinations - III. OLD BUSINESS - IV. NEW BUSINESS -...more

Mississippi CON Report - September 12, 2012

In This Issue: - I. August 30, 2012 - Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since July 2012 CON Meeting - Excerpt from II. Certificate of Need Program...more

Alabama CON Report - August 15, 2012

In This Report: - I. Certificate of Need Program - II. For Informational Purposes Only: Reviewability Determinations and Pending Reviewability Determinations Excerpt from Certificate of Need Program: A....more

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House 8.10.12

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House. In This Issue: Commissioner of Labor Resigns, Governor Nominates Replacement; New Land Use...more

Mississippi CON Report - August 6, 2012

In This Issue: - I. July 26, 2012 - Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting - II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since June 2012 CON Meeting Excerpt from II. Certificate of Need Program...more

China Commercial Real Estate and Senior Housing & Care Insight--May Edition

In a recent published China Real Estate Investment Handbook from Deloitte, we find for the first time its outlook on the Chinese senior housing market. The report analyses the regulatory environment and business models very...more

Steps You Must Know about Opening A Foreign-owned Senior Care Facility—Take Shanghai’s Approval Process as An Example

Recently, Shanghai Bureau of State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) has issued a series of stimulus on driving innovative and transitional policies to be implemented in Pudong. One of the 16 policies is to...more

Insurance Companies into Senior Housing Industry—Risks Not To be Overlooked

Since this June the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CIRC”) issued 13 draft regulations for public opinion, paces for insurance companies towards senior housing are further picked up. Loosened policy for senior...more