Certificate of Need process ongoing for Lee County Medical Center
Additional information requested concerning equipment costs for Lee Medical Center
By Jennifer Parks
LEESBURG — Lee County officials offered a brief update on Friday concerning the proposed Lee County Medical Center in regards to the facility’s pending Certificate of Need application.
Officials said the Georgia Department of Community Health reviewed the CON application and requested several updated vendor quotes provided to officials by GE regarding anticipated equipment costs.
“We were glad to comply with this request, and we filed this updated information with the department yesterday,” officials said Friday. “Next, the department has 10 business days to review the updated information, and we anticipate the application will be deemed complete at that time, as all requested information has been provided.
“We greatly appreciate the department’s careful review of the application, and we look forward to working with them over the coming weeks and months.”
The review process for the CON is expected to take until mid- to late-September. If the application is approved, construction will take place at the former Grand Island Golf Club site and last 14-18 months.
The full-service, acute-care hospital is expected to accommodate 60 beds and 350 jobs. Health Care Facilities Partners is listed on the hospital’s CON as the parent organization of LCMC OPCO LLC, the firm that will operate the hospital.
Eddie Alexander, president and CEO of LCMC OPCO, said in a recent public meeting that the 125,000-square-foot facility will include 50 medical and surgical beds and 10 intensive care unit beds. There will be four operating rooms, two procedure rooms and eight rooms in the emergency center.
The hospital is also expected to offer indigent care, with total uncompensated care projected to be $6 million in the first year and $12 million the second year. The Lee County Development Authority will be the owner of the hospital and is issuing bonds to finance the projected $130 million facility. LCMC OPCO will lease it from the authority.
Officials have said that training opportunities will be available for medical students, and collaborations are expected to be entered into with health care practices including Lee County Optical, Lee County Medical Arts Center, the Hughston Clinic and Lee County Health & Rehabilitation.
For more information, visit abetterleecounty.com.
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