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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: March 29, 2023    FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Amanda Kieffer, Communications Director, Cardinal Institute for WV Policy PHONE: (304)-541-9551| EMAIL: [email protected]     Coalition Thanks Policymakers for Repeal of Certificate of Need for Hospitals and Bir… Read More

What is a certificate of need? Certificate of Need (CON) laws are regulatory impediments instituted in thirty-five states requiring many health care providers to receive authorization from the state’s health regulatory board in order to open a new, or expand, an existing health facility. CON i… Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: January 31st, 2022   FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Amanda Kieffer, Communications Director at Cardinal Institute for WV Policy PHONE: (304)-541-9551  EMAIL: [email protected]     Diverse Coalition Comes Together to Support Certificate of Need Repeal in W… Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: January 28th, 2022   FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Amanda Kieffer, Communications Director at Cardinal Institute for WV Policy PHONE: (304)-541-9551  EMAIL: [email protected]     New Research Highlights Negative Impacts of W.Va.’s Certificate of Need Law… Read More

Higher-quality, affordable health care is crucial to the well-being of all West Virginians Everyone has personal experiences with the healthcare system in West Virginia. It can be frustrating. It’s expensive. Needed health care services can be hard to find in rural communities.  Certificate of… Read More

Yesterday our Executive Director sent a letter to Governor Justice pleading with him to immediately and indefinitely suspend Certificate of Need laws in response to the COVID-19 crisis facing West Virginia. Maybe you’ve never heard of Certificate of Need (CON) laws, but, in a nutshell, these laws re… Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 25, 2020   FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Amanda Kieffer, Communications Associate at the Cardinal Institute for WV Policy PHONE: (304) 541-9551 |  EMAIL: [email protected]   Cardinal Institute Pleads with Governor to Reduce Barriers to Health Professiona… Read More

In this piece originally published in Morgantown’s Dominion Post, Cardinal’s communications associate, Amanda Kieffer, argues that the COVID-19 crisis means that West Virginia must take a hard look at its certificate-of-need laws which often restrict the ability of the healthcare profess… Read More