The program would be based out of MetroHealth but developed in collaboration with Novi, Mich.-based Trinity Health and Muskegon, Mich.-based Mercy Health Partners. Borgess Health in Kalamazoo, Mich., and St. Joseph Mercy Health System-Ann Arbor will have clinical oversight of the program, if it is approved, according to the report.
MetroHealth is pursuing the application to give area residents a choice for open heart care, in hopes of ending what it calls a “monopoly” on the service by Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health, according to the report.
The Michigan Department of Community Health has 120 days to determine the fate of the application, after it is deemed complete.
Read the Business Review West Michigan report on MetroHealth open heart services.
