APPEAL IS LIKELY
State Ann<
In Autumr
BY SUSAN USHER
Overriding the recommendation of
a regional health planning board, the
state announced Friday it has approved
a proposal from Autumn
Corp. of Rocky Mount to build a
110-bed nursing home facility in
Shallotte.
Letters of notification were mailed
Friday to the six firms seeking to
build nursing homes in Brunswick
County.
Parties unhappy with the state's
decision have 30 days in which to appeal,
indicated Lee Hoffman, Area 5
project analyst with the N.C. Division
of Facility Services Certificate
of Need Section.
"I'm sure that they will," she said,
basing her comment on the section's
experience in other areas of the
state. "In areas where we made decisions
last month, two of three cases
have already been appealed. We expect
it because there is so much competition
for the nursing homes."
A two-year moratorium on nursing
hnmo nAnctpunfirtn T..1-. 1
Also, there are a limited number of
beds allocated under th** ctntp'c
iicaliii CaTc plan according to
regional needs. Brunswick County
has an identified need for 100
longterm care beds.
Autumn was one of six firms vying
for the certificate of need required to
build all or a part of those beds. It
proposes to build a $1.79 million project
that includes 50 skilled, 50 intermediate
and 10 home for the aged
beds in Shallotte.
An appeal or a request for a contested
case hearing can be filed by
"almost anyone," she had told The
Beacon earlier, including the firms
whose applications were rejected or
residents of the area to be served.
A choice of two first steps ex
i5i?requesting a reconsideration
hearing at which new information
wiii be presented or, iiic uiint frequent
option, the contested case
hearing.
An appeal can take a year to two
years to resolve, with no construction
* begun in the interim.
Autumn Corp., based in Rocky
Mount, owns six nursing homes in
North Carolina and four in Virginia
with a total of 717 beds. Beverly
Enterprises, its major competitor,
operates 17 facilities in the state.
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The Cardinal Health Systems
Agency Board of Directors recommended
in January that Autumn's
strongest competitor for the certificate,
Beverly Enterprises, be
granted a certificate of need by the
state to build a 100-bed nursing home
on property adjacent to Brunswick
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the largest nursing home companies
in the world. It had proposed a $1.7
million project at Supply with 50
skilled and 50 intermediate care
beds. Its plans called for sharing ancillary
services, as well as utilities
such as sewer treatment and disposal
facilities, with the Brunswick
Hospital.
Cardinal is the health nlanninp
organization for 15 southeastern
counties. The board, in its recommendation
supporting Beverly, had
upheld the opinion of its project
evaluation committee.
Initially the agency's staff had
ranked Autumn's application the
best of the sue it received.
Ms. Hoffman said thst during the
30-day period for filing appeals she
could not discuss why Autumn
Corp.'s application was approved
over those of the other applicants.
The firms had to meet 21 standards
set by the N.C. General Assembly
relating to community need, cost
containment and availability of
resources to support the project.
Applicants had to show their proposals
had inunediate and longterm
financial feasability, the probable
impact of the proposal on the costs of
and charges for providing the services
they proposed to deliver,
reasonable costs and methods of construction
and provision of nursing
care.
Also, availability of services to all
elements of the population, particularly
K'uupi iliai liav'e, traditionally
experienced difficulties in
obtaining equal access to health services
such as women, low income
persons or racial and ethnic
minorities, the handicapped and the
elderly.
Other annlirnnl?j Si>f.lrlno tn Ki.ua in
Brunswick county were Britthaven
Inc., Triad Medical Services, Health
Care and Retirement Corp. of
America, and Cypress Springs with
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Discards Ne<
Spring cleaning over the Easter
holiday? Don't rush to throw that
trash away.
Instead, save those old bed frames
and toasters?any discards that still
have some good use remaining for
the Coastline Volunteer Rescue
Squad's sixth annual July 4th Trash
and Treasure Sale. It will be held July
4-7 at the squad building across
from Caison's Superette on Holden
Beach Road.
Donations are tax-deductible;
receipts are available.
Squad volunteers will schedule a
delivery to the squad building, or if
the item is bulky or heavy, such as a
mattress or stove, they can pick it up.
A surprising array of goods can be
used, even, in past years, several
boats that required caulking and a
car needing engine work. These
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Flutes will be served from 11 a.m.
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just south of the U.S. 17 intersection.
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Woman
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A Virginia Beach, Va., woman
received minor Injuries Sunday evening
after her car ran off the shoulder
of U.S. 17 near Calabash and struck a
ditch bank, the State Highway Patrol
reported.
According to State Trooper W.H.
Morgan's report, Deborah Deen McCormick,
29, was traveling on U.S. 17
about three miles north of Calabash
when her 1985 Plymouth ran off the
right side of the highway, causing her
to lose c-Gnifui of the car. The car
then crossed the left lane of traffic
and ran off the left shoulder, striking
a ditch bank, Morgan reported.
Ms. McCormlck's car was
registered to the Execo Leasing and
Rental Co. of Charleston, S.C., and
received about |2,800 in damage.
Members of the Calabash Volunteer
Rescue Squad transported Ms. Mo
Cormick to the Brunswick Hospital in
Supply where she was treated and
released.
According to Trooper Morgan's
report, no citation was issued In the
accident. Morgan did indicate Ms.
McCormick may have been exceeding
a safe speed iimii for tne conditions,
which was estimated around
50 inph in the 55 mph zone.
The accident occurred around 5:10
p.m.
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