Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare has applied for state approval to build a $14 million outpatient surgery a few miles from Midcoast-Parkview Health, which claims the center will siphon off patients and drive up costs.
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services on Monday issued a certificate of need for the merger of the two health care systems, the CEOs of both told Mainebiz.
Mid Coast-Parkview Health, which operates the 93-bed Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, plans to become part of MaineHealth, the state’s largest health care system.