Alabama Administrative Law Judge James Hampton ruled on May 7 that the ASC would be a benefit to the area’s economy and healthcare, but that it did not meet the criteria required to grant the CON.
USA Health CEO Owen Bailey said the 25,000-square-foot ASC is “needed” and would improve healthcare in the region.
Mobile, Ala.-based Infirmary Health has been trying to stop USA Health from building the facility since October.
Mark Nix, president and CEO of Infirmary Health, supported the ruling in a statement that read, “Thomas Hospital appreciates the administrative law judge’s recognition that there are already more than sufficient outpatient surgery centers available within a short distance of the proposed new facility.”
USA Health also plans to build a 50,000-square foot office building on the site, which will not be affected by the ruling, Gulf Coast News Today said.
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