Franklin-based Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee physicians and Franklin-based Williamson Medical Center's certificate of need application to build a surgery center was approved.
Here are three takeaways:
1. The partnership plans to build an orthopedic surgery center with six rooms.
2. The proposal won unanimous approval.
3. At a Tennessee Senate hearing, one council member said the model was a "perfect example of a partnership between a county hospital and a physician group," according to Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee CEO Darren Harris.
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