CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – After failing to prevent competitors from coming into Clarksville with new hospitals, Tennova has now been denied state permission to shift its planned satellite hospital to a desired location at Exit 11, according to documents obtained by Clarksville Now.
Tennova-Healthcare Clarksville, which is part of Franklin-based Community Health Systems, operates a 270-bed hospital on Dunlop Lane and a satellite ER in Sango. In 2021, Tennova was granted a state Certificate of Need (CON) to build an additional 12-bed satellite hospital with a 14-bay ER at 2275 Trenton Road. That hospital has never been built.
On June 4, Tennova announced it would ask to modify its Trenton Road CON to build instead at Exit 11, on a 10-acre site next to its existing Sango ER. That site also happens to be next to the location of the planned Ascension Saint Thomas hospital campus.
On Aug. 14, after a staff review, Tennessee Health Facilities Commission Executive Director Logan Grant denied Tennova’s request to move the CON to Highway 76, according to a letter sent Monday to Tennova representatives. The decision is subject to commission review, if Tennova requests such a review.
Signs of trouble at Health Facilities Commission meeting
There were signs of trouble for Tennova’s request during the Health Facilities Commission meeting on July 23, when the commission granted CON requests for both Ascension Saint Thomas and TriStar to build hospitals in Clarksville…