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Effective December 1, 2025, Tennessee will transition four services now subject to certificate of need (CON) requirements—Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), burn units and Neonatal Intensive...more
Project Modification: AL2022-034, Springhill Center for Advanced Medicine, LLC, Mobile County, AL: Proposes to develop a new ambulatory surgery center (ASC) with four (4) operating rooms and four (4) procedure rooms in Mobile...more
In Rhode Island, expanding health care services is not only a matter of financing and patient demand, many projects also require state approval through the Certificate of Need (“CON)” process, which has long served as a...more
Over the past 18 months, multiple states – including New Jersey, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Georgia, Iowa and Tennessee – have enacted or advanced significant legislative and regulatory changes affecting ambulatory...more
Welcome to our ninth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at the No Surprises Act and its impacts; a bipartisan effort in Congress to help with price...more
On August 6, 2025, the New York Department of Health finalized and made effective significant changes to the Certificate of Need (CON) review process for health facility construction projects. The changes amend § 710.1 of...more
The New York State Department of Health (the Department) adopted amendments to its Certificate of Need (CON) regulations at Part 710 of Title 10 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) to update, modernize and...more
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
On August 6, 2025, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) finalized amendments to its Certificate of Need (CON) regulations in 10 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 710, raising the financial thresholds for full review, expanding...more
Following Sheppard Mullin’s recent webinar on Health Equity Impact Assessments (HEIAs), one thing is clear: providers and investors cannot afford to treat equity requirements as an afterthought in the Certificate of Need...more
Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on July 24, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The summaries below are based on publicly...more
Summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's monthly open meeting to be held on July 24, 2025, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on July 17, 2025....more
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
On June 30, 2025 Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill implementing the state budget through June 30, 2027, Public Act No. 25-168 (PA-168). PA-168, among other things, contains changes to the state’s Certificate of...more
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
Members of the health care community may recall that the 2025 legislative session of the Connecticut General Assembly started out with Governor Lamont signing into law an emergency certificate of need (CON) process for...more
Certificate of Need (CON) emerged as a central issue during West Virginia's recent legislative session, with substantial efforts to eliminate the system ultimately falling short. The CON reform has been a longstanding policy...more
Late last week, Governor Lamont announced that the Commissioner of the Office of Health Strategy (OHS), Deidre Gifford, plans to retire from state service in June. No successor was named. ...more
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
Following a year of significant regulatory changes and market realignments, the health care landscape in North and South Carolina continues to undergo significant transformation driven by federal policy shifts, state...more
On March 3, 2025, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a law establishing a new process for hospitals in bankruptcy to apply for an “emergency certificate of need” (CON) to approve a transfer of ownership. The law, titled...more
Pullman & Comley’s annual survey of health law cases summarizes important decisions issued in 2024 affecting the practice of medicine and the payment for health care services....more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her executive budget proposal for State Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 on Jan. 21, 2025, which includes amendments to the state's Disclosure of Material Transactions law. If the amendments are...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. Contested Case: AL2024-008, Southern Orthopaedic Surgery Center, LLC, Montgomery County, AL: Proposes to develop a freestanding, non-hospital-based, limited multi-specialty ambulatory...more
Welcome to our second volume and first issue of 2025 of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. We hope you enjoyed our Volume 1 issues in 2024 and look forward to continuing to provide information about...more