A home health care company hoping to operate in Louisville, Kentucky has hit a road block in its fight against Certificate of Need (CON) laws.
CON laws vary by state. Some have home health CON barriers, while others do not. That results in some states having far more home health agencies than others, reports Home Health Care News.
Because Kentucky has CON laws in home health care, Dipendra Tiwari and Kishor Sapkota – two Nepalese immigrants – were met with resistance when they tried to open up an agency specifically tailored to the Nepali speaking people of Jefferson County and Louisville. Read more.