Scott & White officials joined local leaders today in signing final agreements that will bring a new regional medical center to the Hill Country.
The Temple, Texas-based health care system announced in April 2007 its intent to build a full-service facility south of Marble Falls where local groups, including the nearby Llano Memorial Healthcare System had worked for years to bring expanded medical services to the region.
“This new hospital is the culmination of efforts by the many community groups, government and business leaders who came together to expand access to high-quality health care in the Texas Hill Country,” said Scott & White President and CEO Dr. Alfred Knight.
The parties signed and celebrated definitive agreements Friday, including agreements transferring management of the Llano Memorial Healthcare System, including the 30-bed Llano Memorial Hospital and its network of rural clinics, to Scott & White. Contracts were also established with the 22 doctors of the Hoerster Clinics, which have long been serving the area. Other agreements outlined plans to bring utility services to the site of the new hospital, located about five miles from Marble Falls. Construction on the hospital, now estimated at between 70 and 120 beds, will begin once the utilities are in place, which is expected to be in the next 18 to 24 months.
“We are thrilled about completing these important and necessary steps for getting the hospital built,” said Wayne Anderson, president of Lake of the Hills Regional Medical Center, the non-profit organization formed to spearhead the creation of a new hospital in the area.
About Scott & White:
Scott & White is a three-hospital health care system established in 1897. Recognized among the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, Scott & White is the principal teaching facility affiliated with the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. Along with its flagship hospital and clinic facility in Temple, Texas, Scott & White also includes its Continuing Care Hospital on Temple’s West Campus and the 72-bed acute care hospital at the University Medical Campus in Round Rock. With more than 600 physicians and scientists, Scott & White has become one of the nation’s largest multi-specialty group practice systems. The nationally recognized Scott & White Health Plan is another component of the system, providing healthcare insurance to more than 200,000 members