Certificate of Need

By Christine Sexton / News Service of Florida It’s been less than two weeks since Florida jettisoned some long-standing regulations for hospitals, but...

By Christine Sexton / News Service of Florida Eliminating the certificate of need program for hospitals may have been the easy part, but how to license...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed 15 bills, including health-care priorities of House Speaker Jose Oliva, a plan to kick-start a hemp industry in...

More than $324 million in new hospital construction was given tentative approval by health-care regulators this week in what could be the last batch of...

After more than two decades of debate about the issue, the Florida Legislature on Monday approved eliminating the “certificate of need” regulatory...

The Senate is moving forward with certificate of need repeal. But some call the move a dramatic shift that reneges on weeks of work. The plan to scrap...

The Florida Health Care Association is against a Florida House bill that would eliminate the “certificate of need” process for healthcare facilities....

Following a state administrative judge’s lead, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration issued a pair of final orders this week denying a plan...

A preliminary decision by the state to approve a new hospice program in Pasco County faces legal challenges from two companies that were turned down.

The state received nine “certificate of need” applications for new hospital projects by a Wednesday deadline, according to the Florida Agency for Health...

Seven different companies want to establish new hospitals or offer new services at existing hospitals across Florida, but at least some of the proposals...

Siding with a preliminary decision by state regulators, an administrative law judge Tuesday recommended denial of plans by Nemours Children’s Hospital...