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9:09 pm - October 03, 2013 — Updated: 9:09 pm - October 03, 2013
MRMC, NHC seek $18M nursing home
By TIM HODGE
[email protected]
Maury Regional Medical Center and
Murfreesboro-based National
HealthCare Corporation are awaiting
final approval to build an $18-million
nursing home in Columbia.
The two organizations applied for a
certificate of need from the Tennessee
Health Systems Development Agency
in July. The application was deemed
complete for review and will be
considered on Oct. 23.
The facility is tentatively named the
NHC/Maury County Regional
Transitional Care Center and would be
a 112-bed skilled nursing home. A
skilled nursing facility is a certification
that allows for Medicare
reimbursement.
The new facility will be created by
relocating and replacing the 92-bed
NHC Healthcare-Hillview, 2710
Trotwood Ave., and the 20-bed Maury
Regional Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit
to an 11-acre site at 5004 Trotwood
Ave., according to the certificate of
need. The estimated project cost is
$18,161,672.
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MRMC Chief Executive Officer Alan Watson said the hospital’s current facility is located in an
older section of the building, which contributed to the need for a new location.
“We were either going to have to upgrade the facilities on-site or do something off-site,” Watson
said. “It made sense for us to enter into a joint venture with someone who had similar needs of a
new facility.”
NHC has managed MRMC’s skilled nursing unit since 1997, NHC spokesperson Gerald Coggin
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The new facility would help manage patients who leave after a short-term care stay but may
need a higher level of care than can be provided at home, Watson said.
Coggin said a new facility would also help both entities comply with changes in the Affordable
Care Act.
“Skilled nursing facilities and hospitals will be working much closer than they ever have in the
past in making sure that patients who are leaving the hospital are in a location where they can
get the best quality and (help) reduce readmission to the hospital,” Coggin said.
A tenet of the ACA is helping to reduce occurrences of hospital readmissions, Watson added.
Most patients at the facility would be short-term or less than 21 days, Coggin said. The patients
would be predominately those recovering from knee and hip replacements, stroke victims and
heart patients, he added.
If the HSDA approves the certificate of need, it would be at least 18 months before the facility is
operational, Coggin said.
The Hillview building would be repurposed, but its specific use has not been determined, Coggin
said. The MRMC unit would likely be used for office functions, Watson said.
NHC also operates another facility in Columbia at 101 Walnut Lane and a home care branch at
915 S. James Campbell Blvd., according to its website.
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