While some believe that CON laws restrict access to care for patients and create health system monopolies, others believe they are beneficial when it comes to not oversaturating a market with providers.
Here are the states that do and do not require a certificate of need to construct a new ASC, according to an industry report from VMG Health published Feb. 13:
CON required for ASCs
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
No ASC CON regulations
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Utah
- Wyoming
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