As many states move to encourage healthcare companies to develop properties by relaxing or repealing certificate-of-need laws, New York is taking a bold move in the opposite direction.
The Empire State began carrying out a law in June that requires healthcare providers to commission health equity impact assessments as part of the certificate-of-need review process. Hospitals, nursing homes, diagnostic and treatment centers, birthing centers, and ambulatory surgery centers that want to expand must hire third-party analysts to gauge the impacts that expansions may have on health disparities and on communities, Modern Healthcare reports. Read more.
