Tennessee lawmakers are advancing another rewrite of the state’s Certificate-of-Need (CON) framework, though this time the effort is aimed mostly at hospitals and hospital-adjacent services rather than ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) directly. House Bill 0819 and Senate Bill 1369 would remove CON requirements for acute care hospitals, satellite emergency departments and cardiac catheterization services. Under the amended legislation, the acute care hospital CON repeal would take effect … [Read more...]