The management of Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, is lobbying against a surgeon group's proposed surgery center for Kenai, Alaska, according to a press release from the hospital.
The group — Kahtnu Ventures — is proposing to construct a single-story freestanding ambulatory surgical center that will be 8,365 square feet with a projected cost of just under $9.1 million. Kahtnu Ventures recently submitted a second certificate of need application for the facility. The first application for the new ASC was denied because of "untimely submission of information," according to earlier reports.
Central Peninsula Hospital's administration and board of directors is encouraging the public to oppose the ASC by commenting on the CON application.
The hospital's leadership is claiming there is no need for the ASC and its development would have a "severe negative impact … on the hospital and the community," according to the statement.
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