Another New Alabama ASC Hits Roadblock

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Another New Alabama ASC Hits Roadblock

Written by Staff

Monday, 07 July 2008

Plans for a new ASC in Alabama have stumbled when an administrative law judge denied the application for the facility after hearing arguments from both sides of the project, according to published reports. The applicant, St. Vincent’s Health System, proposed to build a new surgery center in the city of Hoover, but faces opposition from Brookwood Medical Center.

The judge’s order is advisory, with the state’s Certification of Need (CON) review board hearing the case next, likely this summer.

In his order, the judge indicated that St. Vincent failed to provide the necessary facts and projected patient figures to meet the state’s CON requirements.

Brookwood has proposed its own ASC in the city of Vestavia Hills, with St. Vincent’s opposed to the project. Brookwood’s proposal is scheduled for a hearing in September.

The news of St. Vincent’s application snag comes just days after another Alabama ASC, Pleasure Island Ambulatory Surgery Center, saw its plans for development blocked when the Alabama CON Review Board said it would not reconsider the proposal for the facility, as reported by Becker’s ASC Review. Pleasure Island intends to fight the decision.

Learn more about St. Vincent’s Proposed Surgery Center.