HCA Virginia Announces New Hospital Plan for Loudoun County, Virginia

Targets Site on Route 50 Instead of in Broadlands 

Reston, VA, August 19, 2009 – HCA Virginia today announced it will seek state and county approvals to move its proposed hospital in Loudoun County, Virginia, from Broadlands to Route 50.  The new hospital project – StoneSpring Medical Center (SMC) – replaces Broadlands Regional Medical Center (BRMC). 

“Our decision to target a new site in Loudoun serves the best interests of all who live and work there,” said Margaret Lewis, President of HCA’s Capital Division and Senior Executive of HCA Virginia.  “While Route 50 wasn’t our first choice for a location, we have modified our plans in response to county residents who need not only hospital beds and services, but also hospital choice and competition."

The proposed site for StoneSpring Medical Center is on a 50-acre medical campus at the intersection of Gum Spring Road and Route 50.  HCA Virginia purchased the property in late 2006.  Plans for SMC call for a four-story facility with 337,000 square feet of space that includes 124 acute-care beds (including 12 obstetrical beds), 40 child and adolescent psychiatric beds, comprehensive diagnostic services, a cardiac catheterization lab and seven operating rooms. The cost of the projected facility is $195 million.  Barring unexpected delays, the facility could open in December 2015.

In addition to bringing hospital beds and services to one of the most underserved counties in Virginia, SMC would be a strong economic catalyst for Loudoun.  During construction, it would create hundreds of jobs and considerable local spending.  Once open, it would generate more than 500 permanent new healthcare jobs with a payroll of $50 million as well as an estimated $3 million in annual local tax revenues that fund important community services.   

HCA Virginia has already submitted paperwork to the state health commissioner requesting approval to move its Broadlands Certificate of Public Need to Route 50.  It has also reactivated its Route 50 special exception zoning request with Loudoun County.   

As the commonwealth’s most comprehensive patient care network, HCA Virginia operates 13 hospitals in Central, Southwestern and Northern Virginia, as well as outpatient centers and physician practices.  In addition to being one of Virginia’s largest employers, it provides approximately $100 million in charity care to uninsured patients each year and pays $100 million in taxes.  Nationally, HCA owns and operates approximately 166 hospitals and approximately 107 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and London, England.