25-018 - Digestive Disease Endoscopy Center - Normal

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 discontinue an Ambulatory Surgery Treatment Center (ASTC), in Normal.  Project #25-018, Prairieland Outpatient Diagnostic Center, d/b/a Digestive Disease Endoscopy Center.  Applicants:  Prairieland Outpatient Diagnostic Center d/b/a Digestive Disease Endoscopy Center, Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC, Kenneth Schoenig, M.D., Robert Clark, M.D., Vijaya Misra, M.D., and Physicians Endoscopy, LLC.  The Applicants propose to discontinue a single-specialty Ambulatory Surgery Treatment Center (ASTC), located at 1302 Franklin Avenue, Suite 1000, Normal.  Project cost: $0.00.

The application contained a Safety Net Impact Statement and was deemed substantially complete on April 28, 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 September 25, 2025, 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 May 13, 2025. The public may also submit written comments on this project. All public written comments must be received by September 5, 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, September 15, 2025. The internet address used to access this report is:

www.hfsrb.illinois.gov