Tremendous cost. Bureaucratic slowdown. Hospital closures.
These are a few of the worst-case scenarios the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) had in mind when it filed a lawsuit last week against the state Department of Health.
The suit opposes new rules that subject hospital affiliations to a state review process called the Certificate of Need (CON).
The change expands the state’s authority to review and approve deals between hospitals. How broadly the state will interpret that authority…
Tremendous cost. Bureaucratic slowdown. Hospital closures.
These are a few of the worst-case scenarios the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) had in mind when it filed a lawsuit last week against the state Department of Health.
The suit opposes new rules that subject hospital affiliations to a state review process called the Certificate of Need (CON).
The change expands the state’s authority to review and approve deals between hospitals. How broadly the state will interpret that authority…