Kentucky Health Providers Seek Supreme Court Review of Need Law

The owners of a home health-care business intended to serve Kentucky’s Nepali-speaking community asked the US Supreme Court to review a decision affirming the validity of a state law requiring them to acquire a certificate of need before opening.

Kentucky requires health-care providers who seek to open new health-care services or expand existing ones to demonstrate that their new service or facility is needed to prevent over-saturation of the market or an unfair distribution of services throughout the state. The process is intended to promote cost efficiency, improve quality of care, and ensure that the state’s health-care infrastructure is adequate. ...