New Jersey Bill Proposes Debilitating Blow to Single-Room Surgical Centers
Daniel Cook of Outpatient Surgery Magazine recently reported on a pending New Jersey State bill that may effectually close many single-room surgery centers in the State of New Jersey. On May 26, 2011, the New Jersey State Senate introduced an amended bill that proposes to increase regulation and taxation to single-room surgery centers and, most critically, requires all surgery centers to be licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services regardless of their size. Licensure would be contingent upon the surgery center's fulfillment of certain design standards and, in many cases, will require complicated re-designs of certain single-room surgery centers that existing locations cannot support.
For more information on the amended bill see Mr. Cook’s full report in Outpatient Surgery Magazine.
