I. SHPDA ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
- For Informational Purposes Only
The project described below was on the CON Review Board agenda for informational purposes only. No vote was required because, "the recommended order of the Administrative Law Judge becomes the final order of the Agency when no exceptions have been filed." No exceptions were filed. The project was approved with a stipulation.
AL2014-015, Jackson Hospital and Clinic, Inc., Montgomery, AL: Proposes to establish an 18-bed gero-psychiatric unit within the hospital. Opposition: Laurel Oaks Behavioral filed intervention/opposition and request for a Contested Case Hearing.
Approved with stipulation.
II. CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM
- Reconsideration on Home Health Batched
Applications
AL2013-039, Hometown Home Health Care of Shelby County, LLC: proposes to establish a Medicare Certified Home Health Agency in Shelby County. Opposition: SunCrest Home Health of Alabama and Comfort Care Home Health Services, LLC filed Letters of Opposition. Hometown Home Health Care of Shelby County filed a request for Contested Case Hearing. Amedisys Home Health, Inc., Gentiva Health Services, Inc. and Saad Healthcare Services Shelby County filed intervention/opposition and a request for Contested Case Hearing. Allied Home Care of Alabama, LLC filed intervention/opposition and a request for a Contested Case Hearing, but withdrew. CONRB denied ALJ's recommended Order of approval, June 18, 2014, Board meeting. Opposition to the Reconsideration Request: Amedisys Home Health, Inc. of Alabama filed opposition July 9, 2014.
Denied.
AL2013-049, Partners Healthcare Group, LLC, Shelby County: Proposes to provide home health services in Shelby County. Opposition: SunCrest Home Health of Alabama and Comfort Care Home Health Services, LLC filed Letters of Opposition. Amedisys Home Health, Inc., Hometown Home Health Care of Shelby County, LLC, Gentiva Health Services, Inc., and Saad Healthcare Services Shelby County filed intervention/opposition and a request for Contested Case Hearing. Allied Home Care of Alabama, LLC filed intervention/opposition and a request for Contested Case Hearing, but withdrew. CONRB denied ALJ's Recommended Order of approval, June 18, 2014, Board meeting. Opposition to the Reconsideration Request: Amedisys Home Health, Inc. of Alabama filed opposition July 9, 2014.
Approved.
AL2013-054, Saad Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Saad Healthcare Services Shelby County: Proposes to establish a home health agency in Shelby County. Opposition: SunCrest Home Health of Alabama and Comfort Care Home Health Services, LLC filed Letters of Opposition. Amedisys Home Health, Inc., Hometown Home Health Care of Shelby County, LLC, and Gentiva Health Services, Inc. filed intervention/opposition and a request for Contested Case Hearing. Allied Home Care of Alabama, LLC filed intervention/opposition and a request for Contested Case Hearing, but withdrew. CONRB denied ALJ's Recommended Order of approval, June 18, 2014, Board meeting. Opposition to the Reconsideration Request: Amedisys Home Health, Inc. of Alabama filed opposition July 9, 2014.
Denied. - AL2014-017, Noble Manor, LLC, Troy, AL:
Proposes to convert 16assisted living beds to specialty care
assisted living beds.Opposition:None.
Approved. - 2014-020, American Autism &
Rehabilitation: Proposes to establish a multidisciplinary
outpatient therapy and medical facility offering Occupational,
Speech, Nutritional, Hyperbaric Oxygen, Sensory Integration, Social
Skills therapies, and Applied Behavioral Analysis to children and
adults with neurological/developmental/metabolic disorders such as
Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and Diabetes. Opposition:
None.
Approved. - Cost Overrun
AL2013-005, Regency Retirement Village of Huntsville, Huntsville, AL: CON 2606-SCALF was issued on 3/7/2013 for the renovation and addition of 16 Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility beds by converting 11 ALF beds to SCALF and add 5 SCALF beds for a total of 56 beds, pursuant to the amendment to rule 410-2-4-.04(2)(d)(6)(ii) of the Alabama State Health Plan with an estimated cost of $207,500. The final cost of the project was $242,374, resulting in a cost overrun of $34,874.
Approved the cost overrun. - Contested Case, Batched Applications
AL2013-070, Mobile Infirmary Association d/b/a Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, Mobile, AL: Proposes to convert 15acute care beds to inpatient physical rehabilitation beds which will be located on the third floor of Mobile Infirmary Medical Center in the J.L. Bedsole/Rotary Rehabilitation Hospital in Region VI. ALJ filed Recommended Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law denying this project. Opposition: Springhill Hospitals, Inc. d/b/a Springhill Medical Center filed intervention/opposition and request for a Contested Case Hearing.
The applicant requested 15 beds but the Board approved only 4 beds.
AL2013-071, Springhill Hospitals, Inc. d/b/a Springhill Medical Center, Mobile, AL: Establish an 11 bed inpatient physical rehabilitation unit in a distinct part of the hospital in Region VI. ALJ filed Recommended Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law approving this project. Opposition: Mobile Infirmary Medical Center filed intervention/opposition and request for a Contested Case Hearing.
Approved.
III. REVIEWABILITY DETERMINATIONS AND PENDING REVIEWABILITY DETERMINATIONS
- Reviewability Determinations
RV2014-022, Comfort Care Hospice of Greenville, requests to relocate the in-home hospice agency from 501 East Commerce Street, Greenville, AL to 23 Jameson Lane, Greenville, AL. Status: Non-Reviewable. - Pending Reviewability Determinations
RV2014-024, Renal Treatment Centers-Southeast, LP d/b/a Wind Creek Dialysis, requests to establish and operate a 10-station ESRD facility consisting of 9 hemodialysis stations and 1 isolation station to be used for Hepatitis B negative patients when it does not have Hepatitis B positive patients on its census for Hepatitis B positive patients being dialyzed. Status: Pending.
RV2014-025, Hospice Advantage, Pelham, requests an operational restructuring of Hospice Advantage Pelham (parent) and Hospice Advantage of Demopolis (satellite), by making Demopolis the parent provider. Status: Pending.
RV2014-026, Springhill Medical Center, requests to renovate the Emergency Department and replace existing equipment. Status: Pending.
RV2014-027, Montgomery Vascular Surgery, P.C., requests to add office-based, minimally invasive endovascular treatment of upper and lower extremity arterial and venous disease. Status: Pending.
The next CON Review Board meeting will be held on September 17, 2014.
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