Certificate-of-need tracking report [Oct. 3, 1997]

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Ce rt ificate-of-N eed Tracking Report
October 3, 1997

Contents (Total Pages: 8)
New Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Incomplete Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Pending Applications ..................................... 3 Joined Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Remanded Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Approved Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Denied Applications ...................................... 7 Withdrawn Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Prepared by: Shaun Patrick Smith Public Information Officer
State Health Planning Agency Two Peachtree Street, 34th Floor
Atlanta, Ga 30303-3142
(404) 656-0655 (404) 656-0654 fax

Certificate-Of-Need Applications

New

NONE

Applications

Incomplete Applications

Telfair Comity Hospital Project Number 025-97. Establish a 10-bed Adult Psychiatric Unit by the conversion of 10 acute care beds. Project costs are estimated at $87,514. Filed: 09-05-97. Deemed Incomplete: 09-17-97. Telfair County Hospital is located at Highway 341 South in McRae (Telfair County) GA 31055. Contact Gail Norris, Administrator, at 912-868-5621.

Clinton Cove Convalescent Center Project Number 027-97. Replacement ofthe 122-bed existing nursing facility. Project cost are estimated at $4,809,260. Filed: 09-11-97. Deemed Incomplete: 09-24-97. Clinton Cove Convalescent Center is located at 1060 Old Clinton Road in Macon (Bibb County) GA 31201. Contact R. Lawrence Williams, Executive Vice President, at 706-886-8493.

Egleston Children's Hospital at Emory University Project Number 026-97. Renovation of Cardiac Units and Departments. Project Costs are estimated at $3,600,722. Filed: 09-10-97. Deemed Incomplete: 09-23-97. Egleston Children's Hospital at Emory University is located at 1405 Clifton Road, NE in Atlanta (DeKalb County) GA 30322. Contact Andrea Price at 404-315-2682.

Washington Comity Regional Medical Center Project Number 024-97. Purchase of a MRI unit. The MRI unit will replace the mobile MRI service currently used. Project costs are estimated at $880,000. Filed: 08-26-97. Deemed Incomplete: 09-09-97. Washington County R.M.C. is located at Post Office Box 636, 610 Sparta Road in Sandersville (Washington County) GA 30182. Contact Shirley Roberts, Administrator, at (912) 552-3901.

Scottish Rite Hospital Project Number 028-97. Expand existing parking deck by adding three new levels and 285 additional spaces. Project costs are estimated at $2,811,500. Filed: 09-15-97. Complete: 09-26-97.
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Pending Applications

Decision deadline: 12-24-97. Scottish Rite Hospital is located at 1001 Johnson Ferry Road, N.E. in Atlanta (Fulton County) GA 30363. Contact James E. Tally, Ph.D., President and CEO, at 404-256-5252.

Baptist Hospital Worth County Project Number 021-97. Development of a 5-bed intensive care unit (ICU). Project costs are estimated at $118,00. Filed: 07-17-97. Deemed Incomplete: 07-30-97. Complete: 09-16-97. Decision deadline: 12-14-97. Baptist Hospital Worth County is located at 807 South Isabella Street in Sylvester (Worth County) 31791. Contact: Billy Hayes at (912) 776-6961.

Crawford Long Hospital Project Number 023-97. Purchase a Leksell-Gamma Knife and the establishment of a Gamma Knife program. Project costs are estimated at $3,756,000. Filed: 08-25-97. Complete: 09-04-97. Decision deadline 12-02-97. Crawford Long Hospital is located at 550 Peachtree Street in Atlanta (Fulton County) GA 30365. Contact Barbara V. Schroeder, Director of Strategic Planning, at (404) 778-5754.

Columbia Coliseum Medical Centers Project Number 022-97. Develop a 15-bed adolescent psychiatric unit. Project costs are estimated at $281,062. Filed: 08-01-97. Deemed Incomplete: 08-14-97. Complete: 08-27-97. Decision deadline: 11-24-97. Columbia Coliseum Medical Center is located at 350 Hospital Drive in Macon (Bibb County) GA 31213. Contact Michael S. Boggs, Chief Executive Officer, at (912) 745-9461.

Medical College of Georgia Project Number 018-97. Acquisition of a Leksell gamma knife. Project costs are estimated at $3,633,226. Filed: 07-03-97. Deemed Incomplete: 07-17-97. Complete: 08-14-97. Decision deadline: 11-11-97. Medical College of Georgia is located at 1120 15th Street in Augusta (Richmond County) 30912-5000. Contact: Lois T. Ellison, M.D. at 706-721-4013.

Columbia Lanier Park Regional Hospital Project Number 015-97. Purchase MRI equipment. Project costs are estimated at $1,874,984. Filed: 06-26-97. Deemed Incomplete: 07-08-97. Complete: 08-08-97. Decision deadline: 11-05-97. Columbia Lanier Park Regional Hospital is located at 675 White Sulphur Road in Gainesville (Hall County) 30505. Contact: Gerald N. Fulks, Chief Executive Officer, at 770-503-3301.

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Shared MRI, LLC Project Number 019-97. Lease and operate a mobile magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit. Project costs are estimated at $2,260,962. Filed: 07-10-97. Complete: 08-05-97. Decision deadline: 11-02-97. The MRI unit will be utilized by Crisp Regional Hospital and Meadows Regional Medical Centers. The facility would be located at 906 Elmo Street in Americus (Sumter County) 31709. Contact: Larry Carpenter at 912-9288588.
The following two projects (011-97 and 020-97) will be reviewed together with a decision rendered simultaneously. Project 011-97 is extended from 10-29-97to11-25-97 and Project 020 is extended from 10-26-97 to 11-25-97.
Columbia Coliseum Medical Centers Project Number 011-97. Renovation/Expansion ofseveral ambulatory departments. Project costs are estimated at $22,150,238. Filed: 05-23-97. Deemed Incomplete: 06-04-97. Complete: 08-01-97. Original decision deadline: 10-29-97. Columbia Coliseum Medical Centers is located at 350 Hospital Drive in Macon (Bibb County) 31213. Contact: Michael S. Boggs, CEO, at 912-745-9461.
Columbia Coliseum Medical Centers Project Number 020-97. Relocation of Ambulatory Surgery Center. Project costs are estimated at $5,121,402. Filed: 07-16-97. Complete: 07-29-97. Original decision deadline: 10-26-97. Columbia Coliseum Same Day Surgery Center's current location is 350 Hospital Drive # 215 in Macon (Bibb County) 31201. The proposed move would be 1.4 miles from its current location. Contact: Lenore Caldwell at (912) 7421403.
Columbia Cartersville Medical Center Project Number 009-97. Expand/Relocate emergency, perinatal, surgical, and outpatient support services through new construction, renovation, and program relocation. Project costs are estimated at $13,098,747. Filed: 0520-97. Deemed Incomplete: 06-02-97. Complete: 07-22-97. Decision deadline: 10-19-97. Columbia Cartersville Medical Center is located at P.O. Box 200008: 960 Joe Frank Harris Parkway in Cartersville (Bartow County) 30120. Contact: Keith Sandlin, CEO, at 770-387-8182.
Columbia Augusta Medical Centers Project Number 010-97. Proposal to consolidate the medical center's outpatient service departments into one ecntral location. Project costs arc estimated at $14,065,878. Filed: 05-22-97. Deemed Incomplete: 06-04-97. Complete: 07-21-97. Decision deadline: 10-18-97. Columbia Augusta
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Medical Center is located at 3651 Wheeler Road in Augusta (Richmond County) 30909. Contact: Michael Kerner, CEO, at 706-651-3232.

Oconee Regional Medical Center Project Number 012-97. Expand the physical plant ofthe existing facility. Project costs are estimated at$ 20,912,771. Filed: 06-12-97. Deemed Incomplete: 06-26-97. Complete: 07-18-97. Decision deadline: 10-15-97. Extended 30 days from 10-15-97. New decision deadline: 11-14-97. Oconee Regional Medical Center is located at 821 North Cobb Street, Post Office Box 690, in Milledgeville (Baldwin County) 31601. Contact: Brian L. Riddle, CEO, at 912-4543550.

Colwnbia Eastside Medical Center Project Number 008-97. Renovatiow'Expansion project of existing areas and services including emergency, surgery, and MRI. The Center proposes to renovate the existing patient care areas and construct a one-story expansion to the existing emergency room, the Pediatric Urgent Care Clinic, MRI (from mobile to fixed location), ambulatory support services areas, and recovery areas. Project costs .are estimated at $12,605,000. Filed: 05-03-97.
Deemed Incomplete: 05-15-97. Complete: 07-14-97. Decision deadline: 10-11-97. Columbia Eastside Medical Center is located at 1700 Medical Way, Post Office Box 587, in Snellville (Gwinnett County) 30278. Contact: Rob A Followell, Chief Operating Officer, at 770-736-2492.

St. Francis Hospital Project Number 007-97. Construction project to replace central energy facility and expand/renovate the hospital's main entrance and lobby area. Project costs are estimated at $9,340,919. Filed: 04-17-97. Deemed Incomplete: 05-01-97. Complete: 06-24-97. Decision deadline: 09-21-97. Extended 30 days from 09-21-97. New decision deadline: 10-21-97. St. Francis is located at 2122 Manchester Expressway in Columbus (Muscogee County) 31908-7000. Contact: R. David Frum (706) 596-4254.

Joined Applications

Ambulatory Surgery Center of Colwnbus Project Number 013-97. Establish a multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center. Project costs are estimated at $4,286,250. Filed: 06-18-97. Complete: 07-01-97. Original decision deadline before beingjoined: 09-2897. Decision deadline: 10-26-97. Extended 30 days from 10-26-97. New decision deadline: 11-25-97. Joined with Project Number 014-97. The facility would be located at Veterans Parkway and First Drive (Hughston Clinic Campus) in Columbus (Muscogee County) 31901. Contact: George B. Hubbard, Jr., M.D. at 706-324-4321.

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Hollis Eye Surgery Center, Inc. Project Number 014-97. Establish a multi-specialty, general ambulatory surgery center. Project costs are estimated at $305,100. Filed: 06-23-97. Deemed Incomplete: 07-07-97. Complete: 07-29-97. Original decision deadline before beingjoined: 10-26-97. Decision deadline: 10-26-97. Extended 30 days from 10-26-97. New decision deadline: 11-25-97. Joined with Project Number 013-97. The facility would be located at 73 51 Old Moon Road in Columbus (Muscogee County) 31909. Contact: Kenny Hopkins, Secretary/Treasurer, at 706-323-8127.

Remanded NONE Applications

Recently Approved Applications

Medical Center of Central Georgia Project Number 016-97. Relocation ofmainframe computers due to chlorine seepage and damage from a defunct pool structure/related facilities. Project costs are estimated at $3,994,546. Filed: 06-27-97. Deemed Incomplete: 07-11-97. Complete: 08-14-97. Decision deadline: 11-11-97. Approved: 09-05-97. Medical Center of Georgia is located at 777 Hemlock Street, Post Office Box, in Macon (Bibb County) 31208. Contact: Marvin A Noles, Director of Planning, at 912-633-1208.

Bulloch Memorial Hospital Project Number 017-97. Conversion offifteen (15) medical/surgical observation beds to fifteen medical/surgical acute care beds in the previously approved replacement facility.. Project costs are estimated at $0.00. Filed: 07-03-97. Deemed Incomplete: 07-17-97. Complete: 08-07-97. Decision deadline: 11-04-97. Approved: 08-27-97. Bulloch Memorial Hospital is located at 500 East Grady Street in Statesboro (Bulloch County) 30458. Contact Scott Campbell at 912-764-6671.

Emory University Hospital Project Number 002-97. Establishment ofan outpatient Diagnostic, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Center (DTRC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facility. Project costs are estimated at $1,441,206. Filed: 02-12-97. Complete: 04-24-97. Decision deadline: 07-22-97. Extended 30 days from 07-22-97. New decision deadline: 08-21-97. Approved: 08-21-97. Emory Clinic North is located at 5955 State Bridge North in Duluth (Gwinnett County) 30155. Contact: Barbara V. Schroeder, Director of Strategic Planning, Emory University Hospital (404) 778-5754.

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Recently Denied Applications

NONE

Withdrawn NONE Applications

NOTICE FROM:
Clyde Reese, General Counsel
Effective Immediately, all requests for Certificate-of-Need exemption letter determinations with regard to the fair market value of diagnostic or therapeutic equipment must be accompanied by a certified copy of a sales contract or a manufacturer's price quotation. No determination letters will be issued absent certified documentation of equipment value.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO REPEAL RULES OF THE STATE HEALTH PLANNING AGENCY
The State Health Planning Agency hereby announces its intent to repeal in its entirety rules 272-2-.09 (21), Special Care Units and 272-2-.01 Definitions, (27) Special Care Units. Written comments must be submitted to the Planning Agency no later than the close of business at 5:00 P.M. on August 28, 1997.
Unless revision of the referenced rule is indicated as a result of public comments, the repeal of this rule will be effective as of September 22, 1997.

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NOTICE
On September 15, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a six month moratorium on the entry of new home health agencies into the Medicare Program. There have been questions about the impact this moratorium may have on the Agency's batching review cycle for home health services Certificate of Need (CON) applications. Since there is no way at this time to determine the effect this moratorium will have on the review of CON applications filed pursuant to this batching cycle, the Agency has decided to proceed with the cycle in accordance with the Batching Review Cycle Notification issued on September 2, 1997 and the Revised Need notification issued on September 4, 1997. Pamela S. Stephenson, Esq. Executive Director State Health Planning Agency
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