Hospital Corporation of America's TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., plans to move its surgery center to a new location, but the project will not move forward unopposed. Here are three things to know about the medical center's proposal and the dissenting providers, according to a Nashville Business Journal report.
1. The hospital is seeking certificate of need approval from the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency to move the Southern Hills Surgery Center from its campus to a new location. The move has a price tag of approximately $17.4 million.
2. The hospital hopes the new site will hold the surgery center and a new, $11 million freestanding emergency department. The ED project is up for CON review in March.
3. The surgery center project is up for review by the health agency Feb. 25. A number of providers are prepared to argue against the application. The opposing providers include Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.; Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tenn.; St. Thomas Campus Surgicare in Nashville and Baptist Ambulatory Surgery Center in Nashville.