Public Announcement Concerning a Proposed Health Care Project

BMC Health System, Inc. (“Applicant”) located at One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118 intends to file a Notice of Determination of Need (“DoN”) with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for a Substantial Capital Expenditure (“Application”) by Boston Medical Center (“BMC”), a licensed hospital located at One Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118. The Application includes the following: (A) construction and renovation to BMC’s existing Yawkey Building, located at 850 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, to accommodate the addition of seventy (70) new inpatient beds, including sixty (60) additional medical/surgical beds and ten (10) additional intensive care unit beds; (B) renovation to BMC’s existing Menino Building, located at 840 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, to accommodate the addition of five (5) new inpatient operating rooms, as well as additional pre- and post-operative and post-anesthesia care unit space; and (C) other construction and renovation projects at BMC’s main campus to accommodate the proposed inpatient expansion projects, support campus infrastructure reorganization efforts, and improve existing services, facilities, and patient experience and wayfinding (“Proposed Project”). The total value of the Proposed Project based on the maximum capital expenditure is $121,239,760. 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 September 8, 2022 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.