Opposition specific to Maury Regional Hospital
See also: Opposition specific to Williamson Medical Center, General Opposition to Spring Hill Hospital & Additional Resources
| 1. The underprivileged served by MRH stand to loose the most if Spring Hill Hospital is built because loosing the more affluent customers of Spring Hill will mean that the less fortunate will not be able to be served. |
(Please note that this is not language written by CFSHH, this reference came from a Letter To The Editor written by a MRH official published on April 15, 2008 in the Daily Herald)
MRH does not receive more than a 2% market share from the Spring Hill area. Accordingly, the HSDA concluded that there is even less reason to believe that MRH will be adversely affected by SHH and unable to continue to provide services to the region. Additionally, HCA TriStar is one of the largest providers of TennCare in the state with 20% of its patient mix being TennCare.
Read excerpts from the Final Order Issued by the HSDA (Conclusion of Law, Paragraph 22)
The HSDA further concludes that, because MRH does not receive more than a 2% market share from the Spring Hill area, there is even less reason to believe that MRH will be adversely affected by SHH.
Read excerpts from the Final Order Issued by the HSDA (Conclusion of Law, Paragraph 26)
There was evidence that HCA TriStar is a significant TennCare provider, with 20% of its patient mix being TennCare.
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| 2. Spring Hill Hospital will harm Maury Regional Hospital's ability to continue to operate vital services to the region including Marshall Medical Center, Lewis Ambulatory Care Center and Wayne Medical Center. |
| When given the opportunity to produce evidence that SHH would cause MRH to be unable to continue the services provided to the community, MRH was not able to do so. In fact, in April 2008, Vanderbilt University Medical Center filed a CON application in partnership with MRH to establish a $7,300,000 Ambulatory Surgery Treatment Center in Spring Hill, expanding their services in Spring Hill to provide Radiation Therapy Services.
Read excerpts from the Final Order Issued by the HSDA (Conclusion of Law, Paragraph 22)
No evidence was presented that Marshall Medical Center will cease to exist if SHH were operational. No evidence was presented that Lewis Ambulatory Care Center would cease to exist if SHH were operational. No evidence was presented that Wayne Medical Center would cease to exist if SHH were operational. There was no evidence that services in the area would be significantly reduced or stopped if SHH were operational. The Health Services and Development Agency concludes that opening the new hospital will not result in the closing of other services.
Read excerpts from CON Application for CN0804-024
The application has been filed as an LLC with 100 percent Vanderbilt ownership in order to protect the future potential for additional business partners. However, the ultimate ownership is expected to become a 50 percent/50 percent joint venture of two not-for-profit corporations - Vanderbilt Health Services and Maury Regional Hospital.
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| 3. Officials from Spring Hill never approached Maury Regional Hospital regarding building a hospital in Spring Hill. |
With Spring Hill located in between Franklin and Columbia, it is not realistic to believe that MRH would be prepared to build a hospital in Spring Hill without opposition from WMC.
That being said, one of the things that was revealed during the appeals process is that before HCA filed the Spring Hill Hospital CON application, MRH consultants prepared a series of reports that concluded, among other things, that the residents of Spring Hill will need up to 60 additional beds by 2015.
Read excerpts from the Final Order Issued by the HSDA (Findings of Fact, Paragraph 24)
Before HCA filed the SHH CON application, MRH consultants prepared a series of reports that concluded, among other things, that the residents of Spring Hill will need up to 60 additional beds (at 85% occupancy) by 2015.
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| 4. Maury Regional Hospital is not using tax-payer dollars to appeal Spring Hill Hospital and operates on its own revenues. |
Maury Regional Hospital is 100% owned by the citizens of Maury County (Private Acts of 1949, Chapter 448). It is estimated that MRH has spent approximately $1,000,000 on the appeal, but since MRH has not yet responded to our repeated Freedom of Information Act requests, we do not know for sure.
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