More than two dozen business leaders and three state politicians in the Mountain Empire told Tennessee health officials Tuesday night that they support the proposed merger of the region’s two largest health systems.
The officials spoke about the proposed Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System merger during a public hearing at Northeast State Community College by the Tennessee Department of Health. State Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner attended the meeting and listened to each of the approximately three-minute comments.
Dreyzehner, who previously worked in Southwest Virginia, called the process of obtaining a certificate of public advantage an historic endeavor and thanked those who attended.
