Yesterday Governor Malloy issued an Executive
Order halting state Certificate of Need approvals for hospital mergers that
would cover more than 20% of total CT hospital spending until Jan. 15, 2017.
The delay will allow for a “fair and through” review of the CON process by a
new taskforce. Concerns about the current CON process have been raised
most recently because of reductions in services at Windham Hospital when
they merged with Hartford Healthcare and creating a tipping point of market
concentration that could escalate prices. The Executive Order came a day after
the Public Health Committee held a public hearing on bills to revise
the CON process and restrict
hospital administrator pay.
