Spring Hill Tomorrow appoints co-chairs to support $250 million TriStar hospital

Jay Powell, Columbia Daily Herald
TriStar Health has proposed a full-service hospital in Spring Hill depicted in the rendering.
TriStar Health has proposed a full-service hospital in Spring Hill depicted in the rendering.

Following TriStar Health's announcement last week proposing a $250 million full-service, acute care hospital in Spring Hill, a grassroots group has formed to support its efforts.

Spring Hill Tomorrow, a new initiative of Maury Tomorrow, has announced its new leaders, who are supporting greater health care access in Spring Hill. Former Spring Hill Mayor Rick Graham and Spring Hill Chamber Board Chair Jaimee Davis were named to serve as the group's co-chairs.

TriStar will host an informational community meeting from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 at Community Baptist Church, 1001 Parkway Drive.

Former Mayor Rick Graham and Spring Hill Chamber Board Chair Jaimee Davis to lead efforts to improve healthcare access.
Former Mayor Rick Graham and Spring Hill Chamber Board Chair Jaimee Davis to lead efforts to improve healthcare access.

TriStar Health announced last week plans to build a full-service, acute care hospital in Spring Hill. The health care provider is pursuing a Certificate of Need with the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission.

If approved, the $250 million community hospital would be built on the same site as the existing TriStar Spring Hill ER.

The proposed hospital in Spring Hill would offer a wide range of services including:

  • 68 beds

  • Intensive Care Unit

  • Labor and Delivery Unit

  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

  • 4 operating rooms

  • Cardiac catheterization services

  • Imaging services, including MRI

“We are proud to have served thousands of patients in Spring Hill and surrounding communities over the past 10 years with convenient emergency care,” said Mitch Edgeworth, president of HCA Healthcare TriStar Division in a previous press release. “As Spring Hill’s population continues to grow, it is time for the community to have access to essential healthcare services at a full-service hospital closer to where they live, work and play.”

Spring Hill’s population increased from just under 9,000 residents in 2000 to more than 50,000 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census.

In the next five years, the population is expected to continue to grow to around 64,000 residents, according to the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury.

Currently, Spring Hill is Tennessee’s largest city without a hospital.

“I fully support a full-service Spring Hill Hospital,” said Spring Hill Mayor Jim Hagaman. “Our city needs access to care and the economic impact of the proposed hospital in the first five years of operation will result in nearly $870 million and more than 3,000 new jobs to Spring Hill. This is the right move at the right time for our city."

Co-chairs of Spring Hill Tomorrow Davis and Graham voiced support for the project.

“In 2006, our city asked TriStar Health to solve our lack of comprehensive healthcare due to our rapid growth,” Graham said in a press release.

“They answered our call then, but our efforts were blocked. It’s now 2024, and we’ve tripled our number of community members since then. We need this hospital, and we need it now. At what point will we be able to earn our own care?”

"As individuals throughout the country increasingly look to make Spring Hill their home, the need for a hospital in this city has never been more critical," a Spring Hill Tomorrow press release states.

“There are more than 15,000 children in Spring Hill, which is 25 percent of our city’s population,” Davis said. “This is an opportunity for us to take care of our children’s healthcare needs without leaving Spring Hill.”

For more information about the proposed hospital or to sign a letter of support, visit TriStarSpringHillHospital.com.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Herald: Spring Hill Tomorrow appoints co-chairs to support TriStar hospital

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