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25-033 Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital

Announcements – Wednesday, August 20, 2025

NOTICE OF REVIEW AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND WRITTEN COMMENT

Per the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act [20 ILCS 3960/], notice is given of receipt to establish an Open-Heart Surgery category of service at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital. Project #25-033, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest. Applicant: Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Healthcare. The Applicants propose to establish the Open-Heart Surgery category of service in the existing surgical space at its hospital located at 1000 North Westmoreland Road, Lake Forest. Project cost: $2,840,000.

The application contained a Safety Net Impact Statement and was deemed substantially complete on August 20, 2025. A copy of the application may be viewed at the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board (HFSRB) 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 HFSRB has been tentatively scheduled for the January 13, 2026, 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)

HFSRB staff must receive requests for hearings by September 4, 2025. The public may also submit written comments on this project. All public written comments must be received by December 26, 2025. HFSRB will post its findings in a HFSRB Staff Report, which will be available via the Internet on September 11, 2025. The public may submit written responses in support of or in opposition to the findings of the HFSRB staff. All written public comments about the HFSRB staff findings must be received before 9:00 am, January 5, 2026. The internet address used to access this report is:

www.hfsrb.illinois.gov

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​​​​​Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board
525 W. Jefferson St., Second Floor
Springfield, IL 62761
Email: DPH.HFSRB@Illinois.gov
Phone: (217) 782-3516
TTY: (800) 547-0466
Fax: (217) 785-4111

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