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Public Announcements Concerning Proposed Health Care Projects

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Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

Mass General Brigham Incorporated (“Applicant”) located at 800 Boylston Street, Suite 1150, Boston, MA 02199 intends to file a Notice of Determination of Need (“Application”) with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for a substantial capital expenditure and substantial change in service by Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (“BWFH”) located at 1153 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02130. This Application includes the following: (A) construction of a 5-story addition to BWFH’s existing hospital facility that will contain the following: (1) 78 additional medical/ surgical beds; (2) an 8-bed observation unit; (3) relocated and expanded endoscopy services, including one additional procedure room; (4) a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) unit and certain relocated radiology services; and (5) shell space for future build out to accommodate clinical services; and (B) other renovation projects to improve existing services and facilities at the BWFH main campus (collectively, the “Proposed Project”). The total value of the Proposed Project based on the maximum capital expenditure is $150,098,582. The Applicant does not anticipate any price or service impacts on the Applicant’s existing Patient Panel as a result of the Proposed Project. Any ten Taxpayers of Massachusetts may register in connection with the intended Application by no later than February 20, 2021 or 30 days from the Filing Date, whichever is later, by contacting the Department of Public Health, Determination of Need Program, 250 Washington Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108.

Massachusetts General Hospital

Mass General Brigham Incorporated (“Applicant”) located at 800 Boylston Street, Suite 1150, Boston, MA 02199 intends to file a Notice of Determination of Need (“Application”) with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for a substantial capital expenditure and substantial change in service by The General Hospital Corporation d/b/a/ Massachusetts General Hospital (“MGH”) located at 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114. This Application includes the following: (A) construction of a new building that will contain the following: (1) 482 new private medical/surgical and intensive care unit (“ICU”) beds and with the corresponding closure of 388 existing semi-private beds, MGH will have a total of 94 additional licensed beds (54 additional medical/surgical; 40 additional ICU beds); (2) relocated and expanded outpatient oncology services; (3) 24 operating rooms; (4) two additional computed tomography (“CT”) units; (5) two additional magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) units; (6) two additional positron emission tomography-computed tomography (“PET/CT”) units; (7) one additional positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance (“PET/MR”) unit; and (B) other clinical services renovation projects at MGH’s main campus and licensed satellites (collectively, the “Proposed Project”). The total value of the Proposed Project based on the maximum capital expenditure is $1,880,774,238. The Applicant does not anticipate any price or service impacts on the Applicant’s existing Patient Panel as a result of the Proposed Project. Any ten Taxpayers of Massachusetts may register in connection with the intended Application by no later than February 20, 2021 or 30 days from the Filing Date, whichever is later, by contacting the Department of Public Health, Determination of Need Program, 250 Washington Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108.

Westborough, Westwood, and Woburn, MA

Mass General Brigham Incorporated (“Applicant”) located at 800 Boylston Street, Suite 1150, Boston, MA 02199, intends to file an Application for Determination of Need (“Application”) with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for a substantial change in service and substantial capital expenditure for the (i) construction and development of a freestanding ambulatory surgery center (“ASC”), clinic space, and the acquisition of 1 magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) unit and 1 computed tomography (“CT”) unit at 1400 West Park Drive, Westborough, MA 01581; (ii) construction and development of an ASC and the acquisition of 2 MRI units and 2 CT units at 100 Brigham Way, Westwood, MA 02090; and (iii) construction and development of an ASC, clinic space, and the acquisition of 2 MRI units and 2 CT units at 2 Hill Street, Woburn, MA 01801. The total value of the Proposed Project based on the maximum capital expenditure is $223,724,658. The Applicant does not anticipate any price or service impacts on the Applicant’s existing Patient Panel as a result of the Proposed Project. Any ten taxpayers of Massachusetts may register in connection with the intended Application by no later than February 22, 2021, or 30 days from the filing date of the Application, whichever is later, by contacting the Department of Public Health, Determination of Need Program, 250 Washington Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02108 or dph.don@state.ma.us.

Salem Hospital, Mass General Brigham Health Center - Lynn

Mass General Brigham Incorporated (the “Applicant”), with a principal place of business at 800 Boylston Street, Suite 1150, Boston, Massachusetts 02199, intends to file a Notice of Determination of Need (the “Application”) with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to acquire a computed tomography (“CT”) unit for operation by Salem Hospital at its satellite location, Mass General Brigham Health Center - Lynn (the “Project”). The total value of the Project based on the maximum capital expenditure is $4,341,755. The Applicant does not anticipate any price or service impacts on the Applicant’s existing patient panel as a result of the Project. Any ten Taxpayers of Massachusetts may register in connection with the intended Application by no later than December 31, 2024 or 30 days from the Filing Date, whichever is later, by contacting the Department of Public Health, Determination of Need Program, 67 Forest Street, Marlborough, MA 01752.