Category: CON

John Goodman
Joe Letnaunchyn, CEO of the a href=”http://www.wvha.com/”West Virginia Hospital Association/a, responds to the continuing discussion on the pros and cons of a href=”http://www.hcawv.org/CertOfNeed/conHome.htm”certificate of need/a regulatory oversight in West Virginia. The commentary, a href=”http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstoryamp;storyid=48295amp;catid=159″Certificate of Need Program Benefits West Virginia/a, appears in the most recent edition of the State Journal.br /
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jsidorov
div style=”font-family: inherit;”span style=”font-size: 100%;”The a href=”http://www.hcawv.org/”West Virginia Health Care Authority/a has scheduled various public meetings over the coming months to discuss and examine the current a href=”http://www.hcawv.org/CertOfNeed/conHome.htm”certificate of need standards/a for a variety of service areas.br /
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As states on the Authority’s website these meetings are being held as a part of […]

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Yesterday’s Daily Mail article reports that John Stossel, co-anchor of ABC’s 20/20 speaking at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s Business Summit spoke out against West Virginia’s Certificate of Need laws. Stossel argues that free market is better than regulation of health care.
Regulation vs. free market makes for great conversation. The debate […]

Scott MacStravic
Larry Messina at Lincoln Walks at Midnight round up of latest links/articles discussing the ongoing debate over the revised certificate of need Cardiac Catheterization standards. The debate has pitted hospital against hospital and resulted in full page ads and a media blitz by both sides in the debate.
Governor Manchin has until Friday […]

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Yesterday, the West Virginia Health Care Authority Board approved the changes to the Certificate of Need Standards for Cardiac Catheterization. The approved modification will now be delivered to Governor Manchin for review and approval.
Eric Eyre of the Charleston Gazette covers the story today in his article, Smaller hospitals get OK […]

GVanAntwerp
The West Virginia Health Care Authority approved for public comment proposed revisions to the Certificate of Need Cardiac Catheterization Standards (current 3/19/2007 standards).
These revisions were made by the Authority after Governor Manchin rejected the previously proposed standards. The proposed standards continue to modify the requirements for the participants in the demo pilot project […]

Fred Fortin
I previously posted about the proposed amendments to the Certificate of Need Cardiac Catheterization Standards issued by the West Virginia Health Care Authority for public comment.
Today, Charleston Gazette reporter, Eric Eyre, reports on the current debate over the standards. To learn more you can read the comments submitted regarding the proposed […]

David Williams
Yesterday the West Virginia Health Care Authority issued an Order Dissolving Stay. The Order granted MCHCR’s (Carlyle Group) Motion to Dissolve Stay but denied the Motion to Affirm the Initial CON Decision.
The Authority set January 7 as the date for initial briefs to be submitted by both parties as a result of […]

RCoffield@fsblaw.com
Eric Eyre reports in today’s Sunday Gazette-Mail that Governor Manchin has rejected the proposed new Certificate of Need CT Standards approved by the West Virginia Health Care Authority last month.
The article indicates Governor Manchin sent a letter to the Authority’s Board on Friday, December 7, asking that they re-examine the imaging equipment proposal […]

Scott MacStravic
The State Journal provides background on the pending reconsideration hearing set for December 14, 2007 (9am), before the the West Virginia Health Care Authority regarding the Authority’s granting of a certificate of need for the $6.3 billion buyout of HCR Manor Care by The Carlyle Group, a private global investment firm.
The Authority […]