Certificate of Need (CON) requirements vary by state, but most applications must address three main topics: need, financial feasibility and impact on existing providers. This blog post is the first in a three-part series on these topics. This part discusses data sources to prove or disprove the need for a CON project.
When the injured party works in the oil and gas industry, using earnings data for the past few years can significantly overestimate or underestimate future earning capacity.
Research & Planning’s Healthcare Litigation and CON Success and Growth in 2019
Research & Planning’s Success and Growth in 2019
In personal injury cases, chronic pain can significantly increase future costs of treatment, future loss of earnings and future loss of household services. Life care planners, working with consulting and treating physicians, play a valuable role by creating a long-term plan that increases a person’s quality of life.
In 2019 the Texas Legislative session passed several new laws related to freestanding emergency centers. These laws attempt to restrain what freestanding emergency centers charge and established a new arbitration process for resolving fee disputes over out-of-network emergency services. RPC can provide data and expert testimony in arbitrations involving freestanding emergency centers. We can also help facilities avoid charging “unconscionable” fees.
In 2019, several state legislatures considered legislation to revise CON laws. Seven states passed bills that affected their CON programs: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.
The 86th regular session of the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 1693, An Act relating to affidavits concerning cost and necessity of services. This act, signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott, makes important changes to the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 18.001.
Business Interruption insurance claims are initiated as a result of a covered peril (physical damage) as coverage for consequential damages when owners are partially or totally precluded from using their insured and affected property to conduct business.
RPC was very busy in 2018 and 2019 preparing Certificate of Need (“CON”) applications and presenting expert testimony in public hearings and administrative appeals. We worked on a wide range of projects in multiple states. Here are some highlights of our CON team’s recent work
