Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, S.C., and Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N.C., have filed appeals with the S.C. Administrative Law Court challenging a ruling that awarded Gastonia, N.C.-based Carolinas HealthCare System a certificate of need to construct a hospital in Fort Mill, S.C., according to a report from The Herald.
In September, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control selected Carolinas to build a $77.5 million, 64-bed hospital. Piedmont, operated by Dallas-based Tenet, and Presbyterian, operated by Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant, filed appeals yesterday with the court challenging that decision.
The systems' fight for the certificate of need to build in York County has been going on for years. A decision was challenged in 2006 as well, according to the report, when Presbyterian and Carolinas challenged the state's choice of Piedmont. Due to a regulatory misinterpretation, the CON process had to start over in 2009.
A spokesperson with Piedmont did not issue a statement on the appeal, according to the report, but a Presbyterian spokesperson said "the integrity of the [CON] process was not upheld."
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In September, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control selected Carolinas to build a $77.5 million, 64-bed hospital. Piedmont, operated by Dallas-based Tenet, and Presbyterian, operated by Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant, filed appeals yesterday with the court challenging that decision.
The systems' fight for the certificate of need to build in York County has been going on for years. A decision was challenged in 2006 as well, according to the report, when Presbyterian and Carolinas challenged the state's choice of Piedmont. Due to a regulatory misinterpretation, the CON process had to start over in 2009.
A spokesperson with Piedmont did not issue a statement on the appeal, according to the report, but a Presbyterian spokesperson said "the integrity of the [CON] process was not upheld."
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