Michael Driesen
Michael Driesen has been a patient of Korver ENT since 2014. Driesen wants to receive future ENT surgeries from Korver ENT at its proposed surgery center because it is a safe, cost-effective, convenient, and familiar environment. He also wants his children to receive future ENT surgeries from Korver ENT at its proposed facility for the same reasons. But Iowa’s certificate-of-need requirement prevents him and his children from doing so because Korver ENT cannot open its proposed surgery center before obtaining a certificate of need.
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