I. December 2013 – Mississippi Certificate of Need Meeting
During the December 19, 2013, Certificate of Need meeting, Dr. Mary Currier, State Health Officer, concurred with the health and planning staff analyses and approved the following application for Certificate of Need.
CON Review: # HG-MOB-0913-012 – Vicksburg Health Care, LLC d/b/a River Region Health Systems – Construction of River Region Medical Office Building – Capital expenditure: $13,245,099 – Location: Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi – Staff Recommendation: Approval
The next Certificate of Need meeting will be held on January 30, 2014, at 11:00 a.m.
II. Certificate of Need Program Report – Filings/Reports Since November 2013
A. Letters of Intent to Change Ownership
1. Rehabilitation Centers, Inc. d/b/a Millcreek of Magee ICF/MR – Received December 16, 2013
2. Rehabilitation Centers, Inc. d/b/a Millcreek of Magee PRTF – Received December 16, 2013
3. Rehabilitation Centers, Inc. d/b/a Millcreek of Pontotoc PRTF – Received December 16, 2013
B. Determinations of Reviewability
1. Baptist Memorial Hospital – DeSoto, Inc. – Electrophysiology lab renovation and upgrade – Received December 5, 2013
2. University of Mississippi Medical Center – Holmes County Hospital renovation – Received December 5, 2013
3. Anderson Regional Medical Center, Dialysis relocation for Anderson Regional Medical Center – Received December 11, 2013
C. Letters of Intent to Apply for CON
1. Forrest County General Hospital – Construction of Hospice Facility – Received December 23, 2013
D. Applications Received/Withdrawn
1. Bio-Medical Applications of MS, Inc. d/b/a Fresenius Medical Care – West Hinds County – Establishment of a satellite ESRD facility – Received December 2, 2013
2. GPCH-GP, Inc. d/b/a Garden Park Medical Center – Provision of posttraumatic stress disorder services and addition of nine psychiatric beds – Received December 2, 2013
3. Walter B. Crook Nursing Facility – Add two nursing facility beds to Ruleville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC, by transfer of two beds held in abeyance by Walter B. Crook Nursing Facility – Received December 3, 2013
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-FE-1013-013 – Forrest County General Hospital, Hattiesburg d/b/a Highland Community Hospital, Picayune – Acquisition of MRI equipment and conversion from mobile to fixed MRI – Capital expenditure: $863,335.75 – Location: Picayune, Pearl River, Mississippi – Date Complete: December 2, 2013
H. Six-Month Extension Requests Granted
1. George County Hospital – SME on NH-CB-0602-036; R-0688 – Establishment/construction of a 60-bed nursing home facility – Expiration Date: May 19, 2014
2. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport – SME on HG-RC-0611-012; R-0838 – Patient tower expansion and renovation – Expiration Date: May 19, 2014
3. Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi, Oxford – SME on HG-CRF-0612-015; R-0860 – Construction/relocation and replacement of 217-bed hospital/services – Expiration Date: May 29, 2014
4. Fresenius Medical Care – North America, Inc. d/b/a RCG-West Point – SME on ESRD-NIS-0911-019; R-CO-0841 – Establishment of satellite ESRD facility – Expiration Date: May 29, 2014
I. Hearings Requested/Scheduled During the Course of Review
None
J. Request for Hearing on Denial of Six-Month Extension
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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