The Board rejected the health system’s certificate of need application to build the hospital in December 2011, but an administrative law judge ordered a new hearing based on a clerical error. In September, Mercy presented plans for a $115 million, 70-bed hospital to the Board, and the Board denied the plan again.
In July, the Illinois board approved a CON for Centegra Health System in Crystal Lake, Ill., to build a new 128-bed hospital in Huntley, which is about 19 miles from Crystal Lake. The Board had denied Centegra the CON at its December 2011 meeting but reconsidered its decision in response to a similar clerical error.
The Board is expected to hear Mercy’s latest appeal next week, according to the report.
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Illinois Denies CON to Mercy Health Despite Scaled-Down Building Plans
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