Certificate-of-need tracking report [July 31, 2000]

DIVISION OF HEALTH PLANNING
Georgia Department of Community Health
CERTIFICATE OF NEED TRACKING REPORT
JULY 31, 2000
Prepared by JohnH. Rice Public Information Officer
Georgia Department of Community Health Division of Health Planning 2 Peachtree Street, NW Suite 34.262 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3159 (404) 656-0655 (404) 656-0654 fax
www.communityhealth.state.ga.us

Division of Health Planning Certificate-of-Need Tracking Report
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Georgia's Division of Health Planning offers two reports to give you well-organized and detailed information about proposed healthcare projects throughout the state.

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Georgia Department of Community Health Attention: Division of Health Planning 2 Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 34.262 Atlanta, GA 30303-3159

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New Applications
Satilla Health Services, Inc. d/b/a Satilla Regional Medical Center 2000-43 Renovate/Expand Existing Facility. Estimated project cost: $30,772,083 Filed: 07-31-00. Site of proposed project is 410 Darling Avenue, Waycross (Ware County) Georgia 31501. Contact Mr. Robert Trimm, Pres./CEO (912) 287-2500
Incomplete Applications
Evans Memorial Hospital 2000-29 Convert Mobile Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Unit to Fixed-Base In-House Unit. Estimated project cost: $719,227 Filed: 05-31-00. Deemed Incomplete: 06-13-00. Site of proposed project is 200 North River Street, Claxton (Evans County) Georgia 30417. Contact Mr. Eston Price, Jr. Admin. (912) 739-5102
*Colquitt County Hospital Authority d/b/a Colquitt Regional Medical Center 2000-30 Phase I Renovation/Remodeling and Infrastructure Improvement Project to Include the Addition of 5 Beds to an Existing 6-Bed Pain Care Unit and Pharmacy Relocation. Estimated project cost: $2,333,260 Filed: 06-04-00. Deemed Incomplete: 06-14-00. Deemed Complete: 07-18-00. Decision Deadline: 10-15-00. Site of proposed project is 3131 South Main Street, Moultrie (Colquitt County) Georgia 31768. Contact Mr. James Lowry, President (912) 985-3420
*Emory University d/b/a Crawford Long Hospital American Transitional Hospitals, Inc. d/b/a Select Specialty Hospital-Atlanta (joint applicant) 2000-35 Relocate Long-Term Acute Care Beds. Estimated project cost: $495,801 Filed: 06-14-00. Deemed Incomplete: 06-27-00. Site of proposed project is 550 Peachtree Street, Atlanta (Fulton County) Georgia 30365. Contact Mr. Albert Blackwelder (404) 686-2732
Fairview Park Ltd. d/ba Fairview Park Hospital 2000-39 Establish an Adult Cardiac Catheterization Service. Estimated project cost: $251,173 Filed: 06-27-00. Deemed Incomplete: 07-11-00. Site of proposed project is 200 Industrial Boulevard, Dublin (Laurens County) Georgia 31040-1408. Contact Mr. James Wood, Pres./CEO (912) 275-2000
Saint Francis Hospital, Inc. 2000-40 Construct a New Building for the Replacement of Central Supply, Emergency Department and Surgical Suites. Estimated project cost: $21,994,332 Filed: 07-05-00. Deemed Incomplete: 07-18-00. Site of proposed project is 2122 Manchester Expressway, Columbus (Muscogee County) Georgia 319087000. Contact Mr. David Frum, VP (706) 596-4252
ECHA Peachtree, LLC d/b/a Emory Peachtree Regional Hospital 2000-42 Replace and Relocate Existing Hospital. Estimated project cost: $65,178,750 Filed: 07-12-00. Deemed Incomplete: 07-25-00. Site of proposed project is Georgia Highway 34, one mile West of Exit 47 off Interstate 85, Newnan (Coweta County) Georgia 30262. Contact Ms. Linda Jubinsky, CEO (770) 304-4055
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Complete/Pending Applications
*Regional Care Services, Inc. 2000-14 Expand Existing Service Area to Include Fulton, DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties. Estimated project cost: $0.00 Filed: 03-02-00. Deemed Incomplete: 03-13-00. Deemed Complete: 05-17-00. Expedited Review Granted: 05-17-00. Expedited Review Discontinued: 05-23-00. Decision Deadline: 08-14-00. Decision Deadline Extended: 09-13-00. Site of proposed project is 125 Commerce Drive, Fayettville (Fayette County) Georgia 30214. Contact Ms. Brenda Harris (770) 254-1041
*Tift County Hospital Authority d/b/a Tift General Hospital 2000-18 Renovate and Expand Existing Surgery and Imaging Departments and Relocate Existing Endoscopy and Physical Therapy Units. Estimated project cost: $28,359, 161 Filed: 03-30-00. Deemed Incomplete: 04-10-00. Deemed Complete: 04-17-00. Decision Deadline: 07-15-00. Decision Deadline Extended: 08-14-00. Site of proposed project is 901 East 181h Street, Tifton (Tift County) Georgia 31793. Contact Ms. Sarah Thompson, Vice Pres. Operations (912) 386-6102
Memorial Health University Medical Center 2000-19 Renovate and Modernize Existing Cancer Center Facility and Add Additional Square Footage to Enhance Existing Services. Estimated project cost: $5,630,400 Filed: 04-06-00. Deemed Incomplete: 04-14-00. Deemed Complete: 05-30-00. Decision Deadline: 08-27-00. Site of proposed project is 4700 Waters Avenue, Savannah (Chatham County) Georgia 31404. Contact Ms. Beth Thornton (912) 350-8083
*Thomas Jackson Tidwell, MD d/b/a Columbus Radiation Oncology Associates, PC 2000-20 Establish a Radiation Therapy Treatment Center. Estimated project cost: $1,813,670 Filed: 04-20-00. Deemed Complete: 05-03-00. Decision Deadline: 07-31-00. Decision Deadline Extended: 08-30-00. Site of proposed project is 2121-B Warm Springs Road, Columbus (Muscogee County) Georgia 31904. Contact Mr. Don Cook, Officer Manager (706) 660-8121 or (706) 660-0215
*Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc. 2000-21 Add 9 Acute Care Beds. Estimated project cost: $40,800 Filed: 04-21-00. Deemed Complete: 05-01-00. Decision Deadline: 07-29-00. Decision Deadline Extended: 08-28-00. Site of proposed project is 743 Spring Street, Gainsville (Hall County) Georgia 30501-3899. Contact Ms. LeTrell Simpson, VP Corporate Development (770) 535-3562
*Bryan County Health and Rehabilitation Center (BATCHING CYCLE) 2000-22 Construct a 36-Bed Alzheimer's/Dementia Unit. Estimated project cost: $2,032,280 Batching Cycle Filed: 05-01-00. Deemed Complete: 05-01-00. Decision Deadline: 08-28-00. Site of proposed project is 127 Carter Street, Richmond Hill (Bryan County) Georgia 31324. Contact Mr. Buford Cook (912) 868-7406
*Annandale at Suwanne, Inc. d/b/a Annandale Village (BATCHING CYCLE) 2000-23 Develop a Personal Care Center and Add 16 Nursing Home Beds for the Mentally Retarded and Developmentally Disabled. Estimated project cost: $1,714,923 Batching Cycle Filed: 05-01-00. Deemed Complete: 05-01-00. Decision Deadline: 08-28-00. Site of proposed project is 3500 Annandale Lane, Suwanee (Gwinnett County) Georgia 30024-2150. Contact Ms. Patricia Brown, Executive Dir. (770) 945-8381
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EHCA Eastside, LLC d/b/a Emory Eastside Medical Center 2000-24 Establish a Hospital-Based Adult Cardiac Catheterization Service. Estimated project cost: $2,116,857 Filed: 05-02-00. Deemed Incomplete: 05-11-00. Deemed Complete: 06-12-00. Decision Deadline: 09-09-00. Site of proposed project is 1700 Medical Way, Snellville (Gwinnett County) Georgia 30078. Contact Mr. Richard Tumlin, Ass't. Admin. (770) 736-2491
*Memorial Health University Medical Center 2000-28 Purchase a Building (already attached to main structure) Currently Leased by Georgia Ear Institute.Inc. Estimated project cost: $4,000,000 Filed: 05-17-00. Deemed Incomplete: 05-26-00. Deemed Complete: 06-05-00. Expedited Review Granted: 06-06-00. Expedited Review Discontinued: 07-17-00. Decision Deadline: 09-02-00. Site of proposed project is Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah (Chatham County) Georgia 31404. Contact Ms. Beth Thornton (912) 350-8083
Donalsonville Hospital, Inc. 2000-31 Renovate/Expand Existing Emergency Department and Construct a Second Floor Above New Emergency Department. Estimated project cost: $1,636,590 Filed: 06-05-00. Deemed Complete: 06-1600. Decision Deadline: 09-13-00. Site of proposed project is 102 Hospital Circle, Donalsonville (Seminole County) Georgia 31745. Contact Mr. Charles Orrick, Admin. (912) 524-5217
Medical Center of Central Georgia 2000-32 Renovate and Expand Emergency Center. Estimated project cost: $16,949,588 Filed: 06-0700. Deemed Incomplete: 06-21-00. Deemed Complete: 07-07-00. Decision Deadline: 10-04-00. Site of proposed project is 777 Hemlock Street, Macon (Bibb County) Georgia 31201. Contact Mr. Marvin Noles, Dir. Planning (912) 633-1182
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Phoebe Home Care 2000-34 Consolidate/Expand Existing Home Health Service Areas. Estimated project cost: $0 Filed: 06-09-00. Deemed Incomplete: 06-22-00. Deemed Complete: 07-17-00. Decision Deadline: 10-14-00. Site of proposed project is 2410 Sylvester Road, Albany (Dougherty County) Georgia 31705. Contact Ms. Joy Davis, Planning Coordinator (912) 889-7375
Baptist Village, Inc. 2000-36 Replace Existing Nursing Facility. Estimated project cost: $16,626,383 Filed: 06-21-00. Deemed Complete: 07-05-00. Decision Deadline: 10-02-00. Site of proposed project is 2650 Carswell Avenue, Waycross (Ware County) Georgia 31502. Contact Mr. William Day (912) 283-7050
Diagnostic Imaging Specialists, P.A. d/b/a Medical Center Imaging 2000-37 Establish Fixed Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Services. Estimated project cost: $1,408,020 Filed: 06-21-00. Deemed Complete: 06-30-00. Decision Deadline: 09-27-00. Site of proposed project is 1100 Baptist Medical Center Drive, Cumming (Forsyth County) Georgia 30041. Contact Mr. Robert Becker, Administrator (404) 377-1380
*Southern Regional Medical Center 2000-38 Cost Overrun on Project 055-98. Estimated project cost: $3,616,011 Filed: 06-23-00. Deemed Complete: 07-10-00. Expedited Review Granted: 07-24-00. Decision Deadline: 08-23-00. Site of proposed project is 11 Upper Riverdale Road, SW Riverdale (Clayton County) Georgia 30274-2600. Contact Mr. Robert Simmons, VP Bus. Dev. (770) 991-8275
Meadows Regional Medical Center, Inc. 2000-41 Establish a Hospital-Based Adult Cardiac Catheterization Service. Estimated project cost: $1,816,060 Filed: 07-05-00. Deemed Incomplete: 07-18-00. Deemed Complete: 07-31-00. Decision Deadline: 10-28-00. Site of proposed project is 1703 Meadows Lane, Vidalia (Toombs County) Georgia 30475. Contact Mr. Alan Kent, CEO (912) 537-5828
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Joined Applications
P.E.T. Scans of America Corporation 2000-27 Establish/Initiate a Mobile Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Service. Estimated project cost: $1,535,000 Filed: 05-15-00. Deemed Incomplete: 05-24-00. Deemed Complete: 05-26-00. JOINED: 07-16-00. Decision Deadline: 09-13-00. Site of proposed project service areas will be Northern (North Fulton County) and Southern Metropolitan (Spalding County) Atlanta, Athens, Macon and Augusta. Contact Mr. Robert Minton (877) 773-8722
Georgia Institute for Lung Cancer Research, Inc. 2000-33 Establish a Mobile Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Service. Estimated project cost: $1,949,996 Filed: 06-09-00. Deemed Complete: 06-16-00. JOINED: 07-16-00. Decision Deadline: 0913-00. Site of proposed project service area is North Fulton Regional Hospital, Southwest Hospital & Medical Center, and Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta (Fulton County) Georgia. Contact Mr. Lee Echols, CEO (404) 265-3909
Remanded Applications
NONE
Recently Approved Applications
*Jonquil City Personal Care Home 2000-09 Add 14 Beds to an Existing 30-Bed Personal Care Home (PCH). Estimated project cost: $509,000 Filed: 02-09-00. Deemed Incomplete: 02-23-00. Deemed Complete: 03-16-00. Decision Deadline: 06-13-00. Decision Deadline Extended: 07-13-00. APPROVED: 07-13-00. Site of proposed project is 1418 Spring Street, Smyrna (Cobb County) Georgia 30080. Contact Ms. Francis Souris (770) 333-0506
Summit Asset Management, LLC (Liberty Park) 2000-12 Add 16 Beds to an Existing 24-Bed Personal Care Home (PCH). Estimated project cost: $2,289,688 Filed: 02-28-00. Deemed Incomplete: 03-10-00. Deemed Complete: 05-04-00. Decision Deadline: 08-01-00. APPROVED: 07-21-00. Site of proposed project is Liberty Park at 202 Darsey Road, Hinesville (Liberty County) Georgia 31313. Contact Ms. Ann Pharr McRae (334) 277-5087
Tift County Hospital Authority d/b/a Tift General Hospital 2000-17 Renovate and Expand Existing Medical Oncology Services and Develop a Medical Oncology Center. Estimated project cost: $2,440,778 Filed: 03-30-00. Deemed Incomplete: 04-10-00. Deemed Complete: 04-17-00. Decision Deadline: 07-15-00. APPROVED: 07-13-00. Site of proposed project is 901 East 181h Street, Tifton (Tift County) Georgia 31793. Contact Ms. Sarah Thompson, Vice Pres. Operations (912) 386-6102
*Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston 2000-26 Consolidate and Relocate Clinical Support Space for Transplant, Dialysis, and Gastroenterology Patients. Estimated project cost: $3,153,142 Filed: 05-15-00. Deemed Complete: 0526-00. Expedited Review Granted: 06-05-00. Decision Deadline: 07-09-00. APPROVED: 07-07-00. Site of proposed project is 1405 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta (DeKalb County) Georgia 30322. Contact Mr. James Tally, Ph.D Pres./CEO (404) 250-2023
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Recently Denied Applications
NONE
Withdrawn Applications
Augusta Retirement Associates, LLC d/b/a Augusta Hills 2000-25 Construct a 50-Bed Personal Care Home (PCH) to Include a 24-Bed Alzheimer's Unit. Estimated project cost: $3,056,554.70 Filed: 05-11-00. Deemed Incomplete: 05-24-00. Deemed Complete: 06-29-00. Decision Deadline: 09-26-00. WITHDRAWN: 07-10-00. Site of proposed project is 3635 Wrightsboro Road, Augusta (Richmond County) Georgia 30909. Contact Ms. Eva White, RN Director Healthcare Services (828) 699-4088
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Certification for Independent Review Organizations (IRO's) Applications
Hayes Plus, Inc. d/b/a Hayes Plus (formerly Winifred S. Hayes, Inc.) C1-00 157 S. Broad Street, Suite 400, Lansdale (Montgomery) Pennsylvania 19446. Contact Dr. Winifred S. Hayes, President (215) 855-0615 Filed: 06-19-00. Deemed Incomplete: 06-30-00. Deemed Complete: 07-17-00. Decision Deadline: 09-15-00.
REQUESTS FOR LETTER OF NONREVIEWABILITY FOR MRI UNIT PURCHASE
1. Open MRI of Tifton, LLC; Request to purchase and install a used 1996 Hitachi Airis Fixed MRI unit to be located at a freestanding facility in Tifton, Tift County, Georgia. MRI value as submitted: $614,090. Request Received: 05-05-00. Contact Person: Michael McConnell; 404-581-8526. Decision Pending.
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REQUESTS FOR LETTER OF NONREVIEWABILITY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PHYSICIAN-OWNED AMBULATORY SURGERY FACILITY
1. Urology Surgical Partners, LLC to operate an office based, single specialty ambulatory surgery suite; 975 Johnson Ferry Road, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. Proposed 1 operating room, 1 special procedures room and a lithotripsy room within clinical offices; specialty is urology; Ors. Robert S. Cowles, Ill, Bruce G. Green, E. Wylly Killorin, Jr., William L. Nabors, 4 physician(s) authorization requested. Project Costs as submitted: $961,000. Request Received: 9-17-99. Contact Person: William J. Duncan, Ph.D.; 770-993-1187. Decision Pending.
2. Resurgens, P.C., to operate an office based, single specialty ambulatory surgery suite to be known as Roswell Surgical Center, LLC; Lot # 55, Hembry Road, Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia. Proposed 2 operating room(s) within clinical offices; specialty is orthopedics; 11 physician(s) authorization requested. Project costs as submitted: $ 1,178,375. Request Received: 12-15-99. Contact Person: Everette B. Jenkins; 770-469-7733. Decision Pending.
3. Peachtree Orthopedic Clinic, P.A., to operate an office based, single specialty ambulatory surgery suite to be known as Peachtree Orthopedic Surgery Center, LLC; 77 Collier Road, NW, Suite 2000, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. Proposed 2 operating room(s) & 1 procedure room within clinical offices; specialty is orthopedics; 17physician(s) authorization requested. Project costs as submitted: $ 1,119,902. Request Received: 12-13-99. Contact Person: Glen Reed, Esq.; 404-572-4600. Decision Pending.
4. Albany Surgical Center, LLC, to operate an office based, single specialty ambulatory surgery suite; 1801 111h Avenue, Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia. Proposed 2 operating room(s) within clinical offices; specialty is orthopedics; 6 physician(s) authorization requested. Project costs as submitted: $ 1, 190,000. Request Received: 12-15-99. Contact Person: Andrew T. King or Everette B. Jenkins; 770-469-7733. Decision Pending.
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