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- Hospitals Maintain Test Use Despite Healthcare Price Transparency (RevCycle)
- FY 2018 inpatient PPS proposed rule (AHA News)
- Urgent Care: Is It Worth the No Wait? (Healthy Children Org)
- Study shows health insurance plans too complicated to understand (Insurance News)
- Health Security Gets Check-Up: How Prepared is Texas for Next Emergency? (TWSpectrum News)
- County exec moves to take control of Harford's emergency medical system (Baltimore Sun)
- Palliative care linked to fewer repeat hospitalizations (Reuters)
- Electronic health records improve weekend surgery outcomes (MedExpress)
- History of Mental Health Distress May Elevate Stroke Risk (GoodTherapy)
- Study compares hospice care in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and patient homes (EurekaAlert)
- Discharge Events Improved With Standardized Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation (Oncology Nurse Advisor)
- Higher physician spending not associated with lower admission rates (HealthcareDive)
- Putting the Cancer Patient Front and Center: An Interview with NCI’s Dr. Paul Jacobsen (cancer.gov)
- Researchers to develop 'wearable' robotic tools for surgery (Science Daily)
- Mayor Condon unveils new "Spokane Ride to Care" service (CBS-KREM2)
- FDA OKs new Novartis drug for type of advanced breast cancer (FOX Health)
- GAO Releases Report Addressing Post-Acute Care EHR Adoption (HIMSS)
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National Directory
State Certificate of Need Programs * Health Planning Agencies
2016 Edition of the National Directory is now available (more. . .)
2012 National Directory
Certificate of Need Programs * Health Planning Agencies (more. . .)
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- Few people know about overlapping surgery (Reuters)
- Rand Study: Direct-to-consumer telehealth may drive up medical spending by encouraging new care (EurekaAlert!)
- CMS Issues Instructions to Hospitals Regarding the Implementation of Ruling 1498-R2 (calculation of the Medicare fraction of the disproportionate share hospital) (JDSupra)
- Gov. Terry Branstad Pushed Certificate of Need Reform; Iowa Hospitals Killed It (Reason.com)
- Most Long-Term Care Insurance Claims Are for Home Care (Think Advisor)
- Pennsylvania puts nursing homes on notice about increased fines (Aging Edge)
- More than 65,000 providers are cut from Medicaid rolls in 15 states (Modern Healthcare)
- Solving The Rural Health Care Access Crisis With The Freestanding Emergency Center Care Model (Health Affairs)
- Philips gets FDA clearance for inpatient continuous monitoring system (MedCityNews)
- Iowa health care officials: New options needed for care of behavioral health patients (Daily Nonpareil)
- California to weigh single-payer, universal health care plan (Mercury News)
- Florida nursing homes fight repeal of key regulations (News4JAX)
- New York state issues nursing home quality rankings (Buffalo Business)
- Medicaid cut could scale back nurses’ visits to patients’ homes (Boston Globe)
- 100 things to know about Medicare reimbursement, 2017 (Beckers)
- EHRs Improve Patient Care after Discharge at Providence Regional Medical Center (HIMSS)
- 'Certificate of Need is more important than ever' (Daily Iowegeian)
- Inpatient mental health coverage rare for some Connecticut insurance plans (New Haven Register)
- Milford Regional gets OK to drop inpatient pediatric care (Milford Daily News)
- Are Milwaukee health systems failing a moral test? (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel )
- In rural Minnesota, hospitals balk at tight networks (StarTribune)
- Sticking With One Doctor May Help Keep Seniors Out of the Hospital (US News)
- Ohio to get residential mental-health center for those released from hospitals (Columbus Dispatch)
- 7 South Floridians charged in multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme (South Florida Business Journal)
- Here's how to reform health care (PPG)
- Merging 4 Pennsylvania agencies seen as way to cut red tape, not programs (The Sentinel)
- Data Points: Cancer's toll by race and geography (Modern HealthCare)
- Wrong Care In The Wrong Places (Texas A & M Today)
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- Aetna partners with UM doctors group to provide better patient care (Baltimore Sun)
- Tackling Patients’ Social Problems Can Cut Health Costs (KHN)
- Grand Rapids region compares favorably in health care outlook (grbj.com)
- Maryland Rural health workgroup discusses care options (Bay Times)
- Ohio State University plan would add 1 million square feet to Columbus campus (Cleveland.com)
- Philips and Banner Health Sign 15-Year Agreement to Extend Successful Connected Healthcare Programs (Business Wire)
- Study: Where hospitals send surgery patients to heal matters a lot for health care costs (AAAS EurekAlert!)
- CMS Updates Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Value Sets (EhrIntelligence)
- Common viruses prove dangerous in long-term care facility (MedicalXpress)
- Hospitals face new pay system for heart care (Naples Daily)
- UnitedHealth branches out with $2.3 billion surgical care deal (911Breaking)
- Patients don't trust health information technology (Fierce Health)
- Unregulated recovery homes criticized over living conditions (PPG)
- Heart disease, diabetes lead in U.S. health care spending (UPI)
- There’s a right way to tackle high health costs (The Hill-Opinion)
- Health Care Cost, coverage controversies and collaborating with colleges (Lehigh Valley Business)
- Multiple births require extra care (Central Jersey)
- Patients in worst hospitals 3 times more likely to die, study concludes (Beckers)
- After-Hours ER Care May Come With A Doctor’s Surcharge (KHN)
- New state law removes barriers to better breast health care (Daily Messenger)
- Long-anticipated state study of hospital pricing ends with a whimper (Politico)
- US Hospitals, Surgery Centers Play Tug-of-War Over Ailing Knees (Medscape)
- Hospitals in Southwest Florida face penalties for avoidable conditions (Naples Daily News)
- Hopkins expands urgent care to cancer patients (Baltimore Sun/Fierce Health)
- Rule Change Could Push Hospitals To Tell Patients About Nursing Home Quality (NPR)
- Regulations Drive Healthcare Cloud Security, Risk Standards (Health IT)
- Retail clinics may not reduce emergency room visits for minor illness (Rueters)
- Almost 1 in 4 face surprise bills after emergency-room visit (Tucson.com)
- More NJ Hospitals Merge: Trying to Improve Health — and Financial Stability (NJ Spotlight)
- Maine’s rural hospitals struggling to survive seismic changes in health care (Portland Herald)
- Kansas mental health groups rally behind reform package (Topeka Journal)
- Access to Health Care a Real Challenge for Rural Communities (State College.com)
- Mass Health care costs modest, Partners CEO says (Boston Globe)
- Many Insured Children Lack Essential Health Care, Study Finds (NYT)
- Kindred is exiting the skilled-nursing home business (Modern Healthcare)
- Retail clinics do not decrease emergency department visits (BioEngineer)
- Post-Acute Matters More Than Hospital Care? (Ortho This Week)
- How nursing homes are filling the gap in continuity of post-acute care (McKnights)
- OPTIMISTIC study: Advance care planning in nursing homes challenging but critical (ScienceMag)
 Archive of Selected Older News Articles
Links to a collection of selected new items highlighted in past years
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CON Map Books
The Map Book illustrates the geographics distribution of CON coverage.
 CON Mapbooks
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CON Matrix
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The CON matrix identifies facilities, services & equipment subject to regualtion in each states with a CON program. The Map Book illustrates the geographics distribution of CON coverage.
CON Matrix
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