In a reversal of a December 2011 decision, the state approved Centegra’s plan for a $233 million, 128-bed hospital in Huntley, Ill., in late July. Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care, Janesville, Wis.-based Mercy Health System and Elgin, Ill.-based Sherman Health System challenged the approval. The state later rejected Mercy Health System’s request to build a $115 million, 70-bed facility in n Crystal Lake.
Vista Health System, part of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, may also face opposition to its plans for a 132-bed hospital. Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Ill., and Northwestern Lake Forest (Ill.) Hospital opposed Vista’s plans for a standalone emergency center that opened last year at the same site as the proposed hospital, and may also protest Vista’s new proposal, according to the report.
The new hospital would include a level II trauma center and a 12-bed intensive care unit. If the facility is approved, Vista would close its freestanding emergency center and scale down its Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan by 108 beds, according to the report.
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