I. MARCH 2015 – MISSISSIPPI CERTIFICATE OF NEED MEETING

During the March 26, 2015, Certificate of Need meeting, Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, concurred with the health and planning staff analysis and approved the following applications for Certificate of Need:

CON Review # NH-CRF-0512-011 – Hinds County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC – Construction/Relocation and Replacement of 119 Nursing Home Beds/Services – Location: Byram, Hinds County, Mississippi – Capital Expenditure: $9,650,798 – Staff Recommendation: Approval

CON Review # HG-R-0914-012 – George County Hospital – Hospital Renovation and Expansion – Capital Expenditure: $12,584,553 – Location: Lucedale, George County, Mississippi – Staff Recommendation: Approval

CON Review # HP-CNF-1214-015 – Brentwood Acquisition, Inc. d/b/a Brentwood Behavioral Healthcare of Mississippi – Establishment of 36-Bed Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) – Location: Flowood, Rankin County, Mississippi – Capital Expenditure: $5,641,228 – Staff Recommendation: Approval by Reduction

CON Review # HP-CBRLS-1214-016 – CARES Center, Inc. d/b/a CARES Center – Establishment of a Twenty-Bed Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) – Location: Harrison County, Mississippi – Total Capital Expenditure: $258,000 – Staff Recommendation: Approval

CON Review # ESRD-NIS-1214-017 – Hattiesburg Clinic Professional Association d/b/a Hattiesburg Clinic Dialysis Unit – Establishment of a Satellite ESRD Facility – Location: Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi – Capital Expenditure: $38,000 – Staff Recommendation: Approval

CON Review # HG-NIS-1214-018 – Natchez Hospital Company, LLC d/b/a Natchez Regional Medical Center – Offering of Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization and Digital Subtraction Angiography Services – Location: Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi – Capital Expenditure: $253,685 – Staff Recommendation: Approval

CON Review # HG-R-1214-019 – Natchez Hospital Company, LLC d/b/a Natchez Regional Medical Center – Renovation and Improvement of the Fourth Floor, Emergency Department, Labor and Delivery Rooms, and Post-Partum Rooms – Location: Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi – Capital Expenditure: $12,411,697 – Staff Recommendation: Approval

CON Review # ESRD-ES-1214-020 – RCG Mississippi, Inc. d/b/a RCG of Columbus – Expansion of Existing ESRD Facility – Location: Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi – Capital Expenditure: $85,863.20 – Staff Recommendation: Conditional Approval

CON Review # HP-CO-1214-022 – Vicksburg Healthcare, LLC d/b/a River Region Health System, Vicksburg – Cost Overrun to CON #R-0831 (CON Review # HP-CB-0310-010) – Renovation/Addition of 20 Adolescent Psychiatric Beds/Services – Capital Expenditure: $805,058 – Additional Capital Expenditure: $97,345.46 – Total Capital Expenditure: $902,403.43 – Location: Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi – Staff Recommendation: Approval

The next Certificate of Need meeting is scheduled for April 30, 2015, at 11:00 a.m.

II. CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM REPORT – FILINGS/REPORTS IN MARCH 2015

A. Letters Of Intent to Change Ownership

  1. Mississippi LTAC Holdings, LLC – Physicians and Surgeons Hospital d/b/a Tri-Lakes Medical Center – CASE NO. 07-12967-DWH – Received March 16, 2015

B. Determinations of Reviewability

  1. Bio-Medical Applications of MS, Inc. d/b/a Fresenius Medical Care – West Hinds County – Relocation of a Satellite Facility within 1 Mile of ESRD Facility – Received March 2, 2015
  2. Biloxi HMA, LLC d/b/a Biloxi Regional Medical Center – Emergency Room Renovation – Received March 2, 2015
  3. Biloxi HMA, LLC d/b/a Biloxi Regional Medical Center – Outpatient Area Renovation – Received March 2, 2015
  4. Scott Regional Hospital – Dietary Renovation – Received March 4, 2015
  5. Wesley Medical Center, LLC – Cardiac Catheterization Lab Relocation – Received March 6, 2015
  6. Wesley Medical Center, LLC – Cardiac Catheterization Equipment Replacement – Received March 6, 2015
  7. Regional Digestive Specialists, PC – Endoscopy – Received March 6, 2015
  8. University of Mississippi Medical Center – Grenada – Replacement MRI Unit – Received March 10, 2015
  9. Jackson Vascular Institute – Ambulatory Surgery Center Specialty Interventional Vascular Surgical Procedures – Received March 18, 2015
  10. Total Renal Care, Inc. d/b/a Gulf Islands Home Training – Gulf Islands Home Training – Received March 24, 2015
  11. Merit Health Central – Replacement of CT Scanner – Received March 26, 2015
  12. George Regional Hospital – Labor & Delivery Expansion – Received March 27, 2015

C. Letters of Intent to Apply for CON

  1. Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi, LLC d/b/a Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi – Provision of Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) Services in Cleveland, Bolivar County, MS – Received March 17, 2015
  2. Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi, LLC d/b/a Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi – Provision of Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) Services in Clarksdale, Coahoma County, MS – Received March 17, 2015
  3. Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi, LLC d/b/a Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi – Provision of Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) Services in Starkville, Oktibbeha County, MS – Received March 17, 2015
  4. Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi, LLC d/b/a Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi – Provision of Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) Services in Philadelphia, Neshoba County, MS – Received March 17, 2015
  5. Choctaw Regional Medical Center – Mobile MRI Services – Received March 25, 2015

D. Applications Received/Withdrawn

  1. Madison HMA, LLC d/b/a Merit Health Madison – Construction of Medical Office Building (MOB) – Received March 2, 2015
  2. Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi, LLC d/b/a Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi, LLC d/b/a Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi – Provision of Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) Services – Received March 2, 2015
  3. Bio-Medical Applications of MS, Inc. d/b/a Fresenius Medical Care – Establishment of Satellite ESRD Facility – Received March 2, 2015
  4. Bedford Care Center – Warren Hall, LLC – 120-Bed Nursing Home Replacement Facility in Picayune, Mississippi – Received March 27, 2015

E. Applications Received for Extension/Renewal of an Expired CON

None

F. Additional Material Received in Response to Negative Staff Analysis

None

G. CON Applications Deemed Complete

  1. CON Review # HG-A-215-001 – Neshoba County General Hospital – Amendment and Cost Overrun to #R-0879 (CON Review Number: HG-MOB-0614-009) – Construction of a Medical Office Building – Original Capital Expenditure: $2,693,000.00 – Additional Capital Expenditure: $1,556,252.00 – Revised Capital Expenditure: $4,249,252.00 – Location: Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi – Complete March 9, 2015

H. Six-Month Extension Requests Granted

  1. Harrison County Properties, LLC, d/b/a Gulfport Care Center – SME on NH-RLS-0110-001; R-0819 – Construction of 90 Nursing Home Beds in Harrison County, Mississippi – Expiration Date: July 27, 2015

I. Hearings Requested/Scheduled During the Course of Review

  1. CON Review # HG-NIS-1214-021 – River Oaks, LLC d/b/a River Oaks Hospital – Establishment of a Diagnostic Catheterization and PCI Services and Acquisition of Related Equipment – Capital Expenditure: $900,000 – Location: Flowood, Rankin County, Mississippi – Requestor(s): St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital – Requested March 6, 2015 – To be scheduled and Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a Mississippi Baptist Medical Center – Requested March 11, 2015 – To be scheduled

J. Request for Hearing on Denial of Six-Month Extension

  1. CON Review # ESRD-NIS-0905-041; CON # R-0710 – Healthcare Engineers, LLC – Establishment of a six-station ESRD facility in Tallahatchie County – Capital expenditure: $254,085 – Requestor: Alliance Health Partners, LLC d/b/a Tri-Lakes Medical Center – To Be Scheduled

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