I. Certificate of Need Program
A. AL2012-042, Oak Landing Specialty Care Assisted Living, Attalla, AL: Proposes to convert 11 assisted-living beds to specialty care assisted living beds.
Opposition: None
Approved
B. AL2012-043, Meadowood Retirement Village, LLC, Glencoe, AL: Proposes to add 11 specialty care assisted living beds to an existing 40-bed SCALF for a total of 51 SCALF beds. Opposition: None
Approved
C. AL2013-004, Marshall County Health Care Authority d/b/a Marshall Medical Centers, Albertville, AL: Proposes to change the Medical Oncology facilities from a physicians' office exemption to a hospital-based department and relocate the Medical Oncology services to a new building on the campus of Marshall Professional Center.
Opposition: None
Approved
D. Contested Case
AL2010-013, HealthSouth of Alabama, LLC, Alabaster, AL: Proposes to relocate 17 inpatient rehabilitation beds previously in service at Physicians-Carraway Medical Center f/k/a Carraway Methodist Medical Center and place them in a 34-bed facility to be constructed in Shelby County. Administrative Law Judge denied this application. Opposition: GGNSC Bessemer, LLC d/b/a Golden Living Meadowood; GGNSC Birmingham, LLC d/b/a Golden Living Riverchase; Columbiana Health and Rehabilitation, LLC; and Shelby Ridge Acquisition Corporation d/b/a Shelby Ridge Nursing Home filed opposition/intervention and request for a Contested Case Hearing. GGNSC Bessemer, LLC d/b/a Golden Living Meadowood and GGNSC Birmingham, LLC d/b/a Golden Living Riverchase filed withdrawal of intervention and opposition 1/16/2013.
Approved
II. Reviewability Determinations and Pending Reviewability Determinations A. Reviewability Determinations:
RV2013-001, Curecanti, LLC d/b/a Home Options of Dothan, a subsidiary of DaVita, Inc. requests to establish and operate a four-station dialysis facility consisting of four home training stations to be used alternately for peritoneal dialysis home training and home hemodialysis training.
Status: Non-Reviewable
RV2013-003, Southeast Alabama HomeCare, LLC d/b/a Southeast Alabama HomeCare requests to relocate the administrative home health office from 806 Glover Avenue, Ste. A, Enterprise, Alabama, to 804 Glover Avenue, Enterprise, Alabama.
Status: Non-Reviewable
RV2013-004, Southeast Alabama HomeCare, LLC d/b/a Southeast Alabama HomeCare of Eufaula requests to relocate the branch office from a site in Eufaula, Alabama, to 335 Macon Street, Eufaula, Alabama.
Status: Non-Reviewable
RV2013-005, Rehab Associates, LLC d/b/a Champion Sports Medicine & Rehab Center- Birmingham-Southern College requests to offer outpatient physical therapy.
Status: Non-Reviewable
RV2013-006, Rehab Associates, LLC d/b/a Champion Sports Medicine & Rehab Center- Samford University requests to offer outpatient physical therapy.
Status: Non-Reviewable
Pending Reviewability Determinations:
RV2013-007, Dialysis Clinic, Inc. requests to establish a 10-station ESRD facility in western Geneva County. One of the 10 stations will be used as an isolation station.
Status: Pending
RV2013-008, CV Home Health requests to establish a home health agency drop site in Jefferson County.
Status: Pending
The next CON Review Board meeting will be held on February 20, 2013.
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