Georgia exempts general surgery centers from CON rules
January 28th, 2008 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
Georgia physicians and hospitals are wrangling over a rule change that paves the way for general surgeons to establish ambulatory surgery centers without going through the certificate-of-need process.
The state’s Dept. of Community Health in December 2007 unanimously approved a rule that reclassifies general surgery as a single specialty rather than a multispecialty. It amends related certificate-of-need requirements for physician-owned ambulatory surgery facilities. Georgia law exempts surgery centers focusing on a single specialty, such as orthopedics or obstetrics and gynecology, from demonstrating need.
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