I. APRIL 2015 – MISSISSIPPI CERTIFICATE OF NEED MEETING

During the April 30, 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 # HG-NIS-0214-001 – Methodist Healthcare-Olive Branch – Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Services – Absent Open-Heart Surgery Services – Capital Expenditure: $0 – Location: Olive Branch, Desoto County, Mississippi – Staff Recommendation: Approval – Hearing Officer's Recommendation: Approval

The next Certificate of Need meeting is scheduled for May 28, 2015, at 11:00 a.m.

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

A. Letters of Intent to Change Ownership

  1. Mississippi Alzheimer's Holdings, LLC (Physicians and Surgeons Hospital d/b/a Tri-Lakes Medical Center) – CASE NO. 07-12967-DWH – Change of Ownership – Received April 13, 2015
  2. South Surgery Center, LLC – Change of Ownership – Received April 20, 2015

B. Determinations of Reviewability

  1. Merit Health-Rankin – Expansion of Geriatric Psychiatry Unit – Received April 8, 2015
  2. Fresenius Medical Care-Magee – Expansion of ESRD Facility – Received April 8, 2015
  3. King's Daughters Medical Center – Endoscopy Suite Renovation – Received April 14, 2015
  4. St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital – Purchase of Replacement Cath Lab Equipment and Renovation of the Cath Lab 6 – Received April 14, 2015
  5. Union County Health & Rehab – Union County Health & Rehab Resident's Chapel – Received April 14, 2015
  6. Singing River Hospital – Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Facility – Received April 16, 2015
  7. Select Specialty Hospital – Select Specialty Hospital, Jackson MS High Observation, Administration, Admissions, Pharmacy, HIM, Inpatient Dialysis, Storage Relocation and Renovation Project – Received April 20, 2015
  8. South Pike Hospital Association, Inc. d/b/a Beacham Memorial – Request for proposed 18-Bed DPU for South Pike – Hospital Association, Inc. d/b/a Beacham Memorial – Site Plan #HL 15.007 – Received April 21, 2015
  9. Rush Foundation Hospital – Relocation of Reference Laboratory – Received April 24, 2015

C. Letters of Intent to Apply for CON

  1. Hattiesburg Clinic, Professional Association – Offering of Diagnostic Imaging Services of an Invasive Nature, Including Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) – Received April 9, 2015
  2. Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi, LLC – Digital Subtraction Angiography Services in McComb, Mississippi – April 17, 2015
  3. Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi, LLC – Digital Subtraction Angiography Services in Laurel, Mississippi – Received April 17, 2015
  4. St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital – Renovation and Expansion of Emergency Department – Received April 24, 2015

D. Applications Received/Withdrawn

None

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 Number: HG-MOB-0215-003 – Madison, HMA, LLC d/b/a Merit Health Madison – Construction of a Medical Office Building (MOB) – Canton, Madison County Mississippi – Capital Expenditure: $9,000,000.00 – Complete April 1, 2015
  2. CON Review Number: C-NIS-0215-004 – Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi, LLC d/b/a Cardiovascular Solutions of Mississippi – Provision of Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) Services – Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi – Capital Expenditure: $250,000.00 – Complete April 1, 2015

H. Six-Month Extension Requests Granted

None

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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