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Mission, AdventHealth apply for state OK to add PET scanner

By Lightning Reports, Published: March 15, 2023

Two applicants have filed certificate of need applications with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to develop a PET scanner in response to a need determination in the 2022 State Medical Facilities Plan for Health Service Area I, the department announced.

Applicants and proposals are:

• Fletcher Hospital Inc. proposes to develop one fixed PET scanner at AdventHealth Hendersonville. The project is expected to cost $4.3 million and would be completed in June 2025.
• MH Mission Hospital proposes to develop one fixed PET scanner at the hospital in Asheville in Buncombe County. The project is expected to cost $5.6 million and would be completed in January 2025.

A public hearing for the projects will be held at 9:30 a.m.April 20 in the Ferguson Auditorium at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, 340 Victoria Road, Asheville. Anyone may file written comments concerning this proposal. Comments must be received by the Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section no later than 5 p.m. on March 31.

Comments may be submitted as an attachment to an email and sent to DHSR.CON.Comments@dhhs.nc.gov. Comments may also be mailed to the following address:

Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section
Division of Health Service Regulation
2704 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2704