Mercy takes next step toward a consolidated hospital campus

Photo / Mercy Hospital Mercy Hospital has filed a certificate-of-need application with the state to consolidate hospital operations on its Fore River Parkway campus. In October, the hospital announced has reached more than half of the $20 million capital campaign goal launched in April 2017, moving it a step closer to consolidating operations and services on an expanded Fore River campus.

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Northern Light Mercy Hospital has filed a certificate-of-need application with the state to complete the consolidation of hospital operations to its campus on Fore River Parkway. Mercy’s filing of the CON application was preceded by a letter of intent sent to state regulators in December 2017.

“On the heels of celebrating 100 years serving the community, this crucial next step will help ensure that we deliver the next century of care in a facility that provides convenient access to more of our services in one location,” Mercy Hospital President Charlie Therrien said in a news release announcing the application. “The support that we’ve received from the community in our efforts to make this move has been humbling. We are now more than halfway toward our capital campaign goal, and our financial performance this year was positive. We’re excited to enter this next phase so that we can get shovels in the ground.”

A CON application is an important step in the state regulatory process for all hospital and health care facility projects with a capital expenditure exceeding a certain cost threshold. Applications are reviewed by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

Phase 1 of Mercy’s campus consolidation project was completed in 2008. The completion of the regulatory process, planning, and construction for the final phase is expected to take approximately three years.

A request for information and proposal process for the sale of Mercy’s State Street property is currently underway, and a developer selection is expected early next year.

In October, Mercy Hospital announced at a donor reception that it had reached more than half of the $20 million capital campaign goal launched in April 2017, when the quiet phase of fundraising began to implement the strategic plan to consolidate operations and services on an expanded Fore River campus.