Bipartisan Effort Paves Way for Reviving Shuttered Hospitals in Georgia By Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead August 19, 2024

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/certificate-of-need-con-georgia-hospitals-bipartisan/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ZWX05fEKLQFOYfJfhAcsJI12N27rItN39Eik3Iqvvr26_TB6xbMExsDCOyKo1qVbBQtqLgWd-BXUnaPO4TrVr5QFoWg&_hsmi=321442079&utm_content=321442079&utm_source=hs_email Bipartisan Effort Paves Way for Reviving Shuttered Hospitals in Georgia By Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead “Certificate of need” laws, largely supported by the hospital industry, limit health facility construction in 35 states and Washington, D.C. Georgia lawmakers decided its law was complicating the reviving of two hospitals critical to their communities.