Dear CHOICES members and subscribers,
We apologize for alerting you at the last minute, but we wanted you to know about the two public meetings on Tuesday to take comments on PeaceHealth's proposal to create a secondary hospital at its current Hilyard site (after it open its primary hospital at its RiverBend site).
For CHOICES,
Rob Zako
343-5201
rzako@efn.org
Officials seek views on hospital plan
The Register-Guard
November 16, 2005
The Oregon Department of Human Services will hold two public meetings on Tuesday to take comments on PeaceHealth's proposal to create a 104-bed acute care hospital at its Hilyard Street campus.
The meetings, at noon and 4:30 p.m. at the Eugene City Council Chamber, 777 Pearl St., are part of the state's review of PeaceHealth's certificate of need application for the Hilyard proposal.
PeaceHealth intends to establish the new facility, which will feature a Level 4 emergency department similar to that of Cottage Grove Community Hospital, after it moves the bulk of its operations to the RiverBend medical facility in July 2008. The $350 million facility is under construction in Springfield's Gateway district.
Under state hospital siting rules, PeaceHealth must demonstrate a need for new hospital beds exists in Eugene-Springfield in order to obtain an operating permit. State officials contend that too many beds or duplicative services in a geographic area cause medical costs to rise.
Any person may speak at the meetings, and those speaking may be questioned by regulators. Testimony will be limited to PeaceHealth's Hilyard proposal.
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/11/16/d2.cr.rg.briefs.1116.p1.php?section=cityregion