The Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency approved an additional health care facility in neighboring Rutherford County. Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s request to build a 42-bed hospital on Veterans Parkway near I-840 in Murfreesboro was granted approval.
A similar application for a proposed Vanderbilt Rutherford Hospital was considered by the agency in August 2020, but was denied due to opposition from Saint Thomas Rutherford, StoneCrest Medical Center and Williamson Medical Center.
The contested application was approved by the state agency at their meeting Wednesday with a vote of 5 in favor and 1 opposing.
Projected cost for the facility is $144,276,600.00.