PeaceHealth Hilyard plan challenged.Byline: Matt Cooper Matt Cooper may refer to:
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center has challenged state approval of rival PeaceHealth's plans to keep a hospital in downtown Eugene Eugene, city (1990 pop. 112,669), seat of Lane co., W Oregon, on the Willamette River; inc. 1862. A processing and shipping center in a farming area, the "Emerald City" has lumbering, food-processing, and microchip and other electronics industries. , arguing that PeaceHealth has been given an unfair competitive advantage. Springfield-based McKenzie-Willamette this week asked for a hearing after the state Department of Human Services approved PeaceHealth's plans to rebuild Sacred Heart Medical Center Sacred Heart Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
The move was the latest in an ongoing battle as the two providers reposition themselves to serve the regional health care market. PeaceHealth is moving from the Eugene facility into a new $350 million medical center in Springfield Springfield. 1 City (1990 pop. 105,227), state capital and seat of Sangamon co., central Ill., on the Sangamon River; settled 1818, inc. as a city 1840. in 2008. McKenzie-Willamette hopes to move from Springfield into north Eugene with a $225 million medical center by 2010. Earlier this year, the state approved the "certificate of need" sought by PeaceHealth to reduce the 432-bed Sacred Heart Medical Center to a 104-bed hospital with a 24-hour emergency department. But PeaceHealth and McKenzie-Willamette each will operate an emergency room in their new facilities, and the state was wrong to allow a third at Hilyard Street, said Rosie Rosie could not deny love to anyone. [Br. Lit.: Cakes and Ale] See : Generosity Pryor, a spokeswoman for McKenzie-Willamette. There aren't enough doctors to support it and it will promote duplicated services, she added. "We asked for the hearing primarily because granting PeaceHealth's application to operate yet another hospital in Lane County gives it an unfair competitive advantage, jeopardizing hospital competition and choice," she said. Peace- Health doesn't need a new state certificate to operate in Springfield because it is transferring its Hilyard certificate to that site. In addition to Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. and the 362-bed medical center under construction in Springfield, PeaceHealth operates Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). Community Hospital and Peace Harbor Hospital in Florence. McKenzie-Willamette said the state also erred by allowing PeaceHealth to submit the wrong kind of financial information for the Hilyard project, failing to use accepted standards to evaluate the financial performance there and denying simultaneous review of the McKenzie-Willamette and PeaceHealth Hilyard Street applications last year. An administrative law judge administrative law judge n. a professional hearing officer who works for the government to preside over hearings and appeals involving governmental agencies. They are generally experienced in the particular subject matter of the agency involved or of several agencies. will determine whether the department improperly im·prop·er adj. 1. Not suited to circumstances or needs; unsuitable: improper shoes for a hike; improper medical treatment. 2. approved PeaceHealth's request, Pryor said. PeaceHealth spokesperson Kate Kloos said the hospital plans to open the new Hilyard facility in 2010. "We are at extremely high (patient levels)," Kloos said, adding that the smaller PeaceHealth hospital in Eugene will provide necessary support to the larger one in Springfield. Meanwhile, McKenzie-Willamette is awaiting the state agency's approval for the 148-bed medical center planned in north Eugene, Pryor said. The department moved quicker in approval of PeaceHealth's application at Hilyard Street, and McKenzie-Willamette officials have asked the department about the delay, Pryor said. No one from the state department returned a call from The Register-Guard on Tuesday seeking comment. |
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