This year’s legislative fight over Georgia’s certificate-of-need system is different from those in the past, which focused almost entirely on typical CON battles over hospital building projects or authorization of medical services.
State Reps. Matt Hatchett, R-Dublin, and Terry England, R-Auburn, among others, have now emphasized a new issue in the push to change CON: financial transparency. They are stressing the importance of disclosure of nonprofit hospitals’ financial holdings.
It hasn’t been an easy fight. In recent versions of this year’s CON legislation, the original disclosure provisions set up by House lawmakers have been watered down.
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