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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Ind. Law - Even More on hospital competition in NW Indiana

From an editorial today in the Gary Post-Tribune:

The specter of two new, gleaming Porter County hospitals will undoubtedly send Lake County's hospitals into construction mode to keep up with their neighbors and to hang onto patients tempted to go east.

Unlike neighboring Illinois, there's no certificate of need law in Indiana because the General Assembly abolished that statute in 1985. A decade ago, Northwest Indiana had no for-profit, acute-care hospitals. Now, it's on course for five within the next year.

For background, start with this ILB entry from July 9th.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 17, 2007 07:47 AM
Posted to Indiana Law