24-022 Premier Cardiac Surgery Center

NOTICE OF REVIEW AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND WRITTEN COMMENT

In accordance with the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, notice is given of receipt to add a service to an existing Ambulatory Surgery Treatment Center (ASTC), in Merrionette Park. Project #24-022, Premiere Cardiac Surgery Center, Merrionette Park. Applicants: Premier Cardiac Surgery Center, PLLC, and Heart Care Centers of Illinois, S.C. The applicants propose to add cardiac catheterization to its limited-specialty ASTC, located at 11560 South Kedzie Avenue, Suite 110, Merrionette Park. Project cost: $4,785,800.

The application contained a Safety Net Impact Statement and was declared complete on July 9, 2024. A copy of the application may be viewed at the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board Office, at the address below. To obtain a copy of an application, please call the office for details and copying fees, at the number listed below. Consideration by the State Board has been tentatively scheduled for the December 10, 2024, State Board Meeting. Any person wanting a public hearing on the proposed project must submit a written request for a hearing to:

Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board
525 West Jefferson Street (2nd Floor)
Springfield, Illinois 62761
(217) 782-3516
(TTY# 800-547-0466 for hearing impaired only)

Requests for hearings must be received by this Agency no later than July 24, 2024. Any person wanting to submit written comments on this project must submit these comments by November 20, 2024.

The State Board will post its findings in a State Board Staff Report, and the report will be made available via the internet on November 26, 2024. The public may submit written responses in support of or in opposition to the findings of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board. The public will have until 9:00 am, December 2, 2024. The internet address used to access this report is:

www.hfsrb.illinois.gov