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OSF HealthCare to refocus Urbana hospital on behavioral health, seeks state Certificate of Need
Summary
OSF HealthCare told Urbana city council staff it plans to convert much of the Urbana hospital into specialized behavioral health services, shifting many specialty procedures to nearby campuses and seeking a state Certificate of Need. The presentation outlined bed counts, staffing offers and a public hearing on the CON process.
OSF HealthCare representatives told the City of Urbana Committee of the Whole that the system plans to reorganize services so the Urbana hospital becomes a behavioral-health–focused campus while shifting many specialty services to OSF’s Danville and Bloomington hospitals. JT Barnhart, president of OSF HealthCare for the Urbana and Danville hospitals, and Chris Manson, vice president of government relations, presented the proposal and answered council questions.
The plan would keep the Urbana emergency department open as a basic ER and expand inpatient behavioral-health capacity on the Urbana campus. “We will continue to have a 26‑bed adult behavioral health unit that was existing when we purchased the facility,” JT Barnhart said, adding that the hospital will convert medical floors into two private behavioral units — a 13‑bed young‑adult unit and a separate 13‑bed geriatric psychiatric unit — and a…
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