The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control originally awarded a CON to Tenet in 2006, which owns Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, S.C.. However, Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas HealthCare and Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health appealed the decision.
In April, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the three systems should resubmit bids for a hospital if they want to be reconsidered.
All three announced plans to resubmit, and a decision on the CON is expected by April of next year, according to the report.
Carolinas HealthCare’s proposal is for a 64-bed, $79.1 million hospital. Novant is also proposing a 64-bed hospital, but at the cost of $76.2 million. Tenet is proposing a 100-bed, $147 million facility.
Read the Charlotte Observer report on Fort Mill, S.C. hospital CON.
Read previous coverage on the S.C. CON:
– South Carolina Regulators to Reconsider CON Requests for Hospital in Fort Mill
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