WellStar Puts Brakes on Emergency Department in Holly Springs

The company is holding off on a proposal to build a stand alone emergency department in the city limits.

WellStar Health System has put off plans to expand into Holly Springs. The company is not pursuing a proposal to build a free-standing emergency department on 62 acres on the southwest corner of Sixes Road and I-575. WellStar last month filed a letter of intent with Georgia Department of Community Health to build the proposed $21 million off-site emergency center, but did not proceed with filing a Certificate of Need review. The CON has to be filed 30 days after a letter of intent is filed with the department.  WellStar Spokesperson Keith Bowermaster said there's "no precedent" in Georgia for a free-standing emergency department to get the CON stamp of approval.  "We are very interested in this clinical model, but [we] elected to not file …

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WellStar Wants To Build Emergency Facility in Holly Springs

The Marietta-based health care system is eyeing the possibility of opening an off-site emergency center on Sixes Road near I-575.

WellStar Wants To Build Emergency Facility in Holly Springs

The Marietta-based health care system is eyeing the possibility of opening an off-site emergency center on Sixes Road near I-575.

WellStar Health System continues to explore its options to expand in Cherokee County. The company has filed a letter intent with the Georgia Department of Community Health to build a $21 million off-site emergency center on Sixes Road at Interstate 575. WellStar Spokesperson Keith Bowermaster said the company submitted a letter of intent for a "free standing emergency department" at the location, which is situated on 62 acres on the southwest corner of Sixes Road and I-575.  The initial phase would include a facility between 100,000 to 120,000 square feet. Bowermaster said noted there's no set timetable for construction.  "WellStar is committed to providing quality health care to the residents of Cherokee County," he said in a statement. "…

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WellStar Halts Plans For New Towne Lake Facility

The company had submitted a letter of intent to build an outpatient surgery center in Towne Lake.

WellStar Health System has abruptly stopped plans to move forward with an outpatient surgery center in Towne Lake. The Marietta-based company has decided not to file a Certificate of Need with the Georgia Department of Community Health "at this time," said WellStar Spokesperson Keith Bowermaster. "We will continue to evaluate the market and decide whether to refile a Letter of Intent in the future," he added in a prepared statement. WellStar filed the letter of intent last month to build a proposed $23 million facility at 145 North Parkway near Woodstock. The letter, according to state regulations, have to be filed 30 days before a Certificate of Need review can be filed.  The state department's Certificate of Need Program evaluates …

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WellStar Files For Proposed Woodstock Outpatient Surgery Center

The health care company last month filed a letter of intent with the Georgia Department of Community Health.

WellStar Health System has filed a letter of intent to build a hospital-based outpatient surgery center in Towne Lake. The proposal, according to documents, would build a $23 million facility at 145 North Medical Parkway, which is located off Towne Lake Parkway. The letter of intent is filed 30 days before a Certificate of Need review can be file by the company, said Georgia Department of Community Health spokesperson Pamela Keene. The state department's Certificate of Need Program evaluates proposals for new health care facilities or services.  WellStar spokesperson Sharon Woods said the letter was filed on Oct. 25. The company remains mum on the details of the project. “We don’t comment specifically on the project per WellStar policy …

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WellStar's Challenge Rejected

Northside Hospital-Cherokee can proceed with plans for a new hospital expected to add hundreds of jobs to the county.

Northside Hospital-Cherokee's plan to relocate from Hospital Road to a new $250 million facility near Canton Marketplace will not have to go through a rigorous state review process, hospital officials announced today. WellStar Health System Inc. challenged that idea last month. While Northside said the new hospital location would be less than three miles from the current one and therefore exempt from the certificate of need (CON) application process, WellStar contended that Northside's math wasn't right. It also argued that the hospital would offer new or expanded services, another factor that would disqualify Northside from a CON exemption. This week, the Georgia Department of Community Health rejected those suggestions. "Based upon the …

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WellStar Challenges Northside's Move

Last month, Northside-Hospital-Cherokee filed a Letter of Determination with the state’s Department of Community Health to relocate from Hospital Road to Highway 20, near the Canton Marketplace.

WellStar Health System Inc., which operates Kennestone Hospital and Windy Hill Hospital in Marietta, is challenging Northside Hospital-Cherokee's plan to move to a new $250 million facility near Canton Marketplace by March 2015, a spokesman said this morning. "The move by WellStar clearly is based on its concern that the new Northside Hospital-Cherokee campus will be well-received by the community, leading more community residents to obtain health care services locally," Northside spokesman Russ Davis said in a statement.  Last month, Northside filed a Letter of Determination with the state’s Department of Community Health to move from Hospital Road to Highway 20. The hospital said the distance between the proposed site and the current …

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