The full commission will meet next month to decide which system, if any, will be granted a CON to develop a new hospital in Montgomery County. If granted, the CON would make way for the first new hospital in the state since 1991.
Holy Cross and Adventist Healthcare, which operates Shady Grove Adventist in Rockville, Md., both filed for a certificate of need with the state to build hospitals in the county. The proposed locations would be only a few miles apart, and the commission is not expected to approve both, according to the report.
Adventist has proposed an 86-bed hospital in Clarksburg, Md., while Holy Cross proposed a 93-bed hospital in Germantown, Md.
Read the Washington Post report on the proposed Maryland hospitals.
Read more coverage on the proposed Maryland hospitals:
– Maryland Health Commission Expected to Rule on Coveted CON
– Maryland Cost Commission Says Two Hospital Construction Proposals Unaffordable
– Two Maryland Hospital Systems Battle for State Approval of New Hospitals
