The proposed 60-bed acute care hospital would be a campus of Henrico (Va.) Doctors’ Hospital. The Virginia Department of Health contends that HCA’s application focused on the distance between its own facilities but ignored the proximity of non-HCA healthcare facilities.
HCA Virginia operates six facilities in the greater Richmond area.
State Health Commissioner Karen Shelton is expected to make a final ruling on the project in early October.
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