Price: Complimentary for GAHA Society Members $25.00 for other hospital members Session Description: This brief presentation will get you caught up on major happenings in the world of Certificate of Need. In 2020, the Department of Community Health grappled with the Governor’s emergency orders and accepted requests for waivers by providers attempting to meet COVID challenges. Changes in the personnel of the Department’s Office of Health Planning brought changes in interpretation, enforcement, and priorities. Appellate decisions challenged some long-standing assumptions. A new slate of Appeal Panel judges will rule on CON matters going forward. Questions and discussion welcome throughout. Speaker: David Darden, Partner - Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP David Darden is a Partner in the Healthcare practice group at Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP. His practice is centered on representing non-profit hospital systems and other healthcare entities. He has extensive experience advising and representing hospitals in Georgia’s Certificate of Need program as well as in licensure, Hospital Acquisition Act, and other state regulatory schemes. He also assists clients with technology matters, including healthcare IT vendor contracting and disputes. David received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1999 and received his undergraduate from George Washington University in 1996. Presented by: