Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care, Janesville, Wis.-based Mercy Health System and Elgin, Ill.-based Sherman Health System are challenging the approval of a certificate of need for Crystal Lake, Ill.-based Centegra Health System's planned new hospital, according to a Northwest Herald report.
The three health systems have filed separate requests in Will County Court, asking the state to review its CON decision. They claim a new hospital is not needed in the area and would in fact harm patient care by duplicating services. Centegra maintains the growing community deserves a new hospital, according to the report.
Centegra received a certificate of need to build a $233 million, 128-bed hospital July 24 after having been denied a CON in December. The decision followed two years of applying for a new hospital. Mercy had also applied for a CON for a new hospital at the same time, but was denied.
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The three health systems have filed separate requests in Will County Court, asking the state to review its CON decision. They claim a new hospital is not needed in the area and would in fact harm patient care by duplicating services. Centegra maintains the growing community deserves a new hospital, according to the report.
Centegra received a certificate of need to build a $233 million, 128-bed hospital July 24 after having been denied a CON in December. The decision followed two years of applying for a new hospital. Mercy had also applied for a CON for a new hospital at the same time, but was denied.
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