CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – It’s official: Vanderbilt Health announced Monday it has completed the acquisition of the 270-bed Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville to create Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital, promising additional staffing and pediatric ER services.

Under the sale, Vanderbilt also acquired the freestanding emergency room Tennova ER-Sango, along with the hospital’s related businesses, including physician clinics and outpatient services, from Community Health Systems Inc. (CHS), VUMC spokesman John Howser said in a press release. Vanderbilt Health has held a 20% minority interest in these operations since 2021.

The freestanding Sango ER will be named Vanderbilt Emergency Sango.

Temporary signage was put up at the new VCH over the weekend to reflect the name changes.

Also joining the Vanderbilt Health through the acquisition are physician practice locations in Clarksville, Dover, Pleasant View and Tiny Town. These practices offer, depending on location, orthopaedics, primary care, wound care, digestive health, urology and surgical services.

“We are thrilled to welcome Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital into our health system. Providing exceptional care close to home is invaluable, and we are eager to serve the citizens of Clarksville and Montgomery County by expanding the hospital’s programs and services,” said Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, president and CEO of Vanderbilt Health and dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

VCH joins Vanderbilt Health’s network of regional medical centers that now include Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon, Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital in Coffee County, and Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital in Shelbyville, in addition to the main hospital in Nashville.

What will change at Vanderbilt Clarksville?

Initial plans for VCH over the upcoming year include increased staffing for the hospital’s emergency services, including the addition of pediatric emergency medicine specialists with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, along with increased surgical specialty offerings, the release said. Longer term, physicians and staff will be recruited to bring a broader array of adult and pediatric specialty services to the community.

“I am delighted to welcome the physicians, nurses and staff of Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital into the Vanderbilt Health family and look forward to working closely with the hospital’s medical staff and members of the local health care community to ensure we excel at meeting their needs as caregivers as we pursue the goal of improving the health and well-being of the patients we serve,” said Jane Freedman, MD, deputy chief executive officer and chief health system officer for Vanderbilt Health.

Employees in good standing to stay

Currently, VCH employs approximately 1,100 staff and more than 30 physicians. Through this acquisition Vanderbilt Health has committed to hire substantially all current employees who are in good standing.

Services already established by Vanderbilt Health at VCH include an OB-GYN hospitalist program, an array of oncology services provided by a multidisciplinary team with Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, and neonatal care in the hospital’s Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit provided by specialists with Monroe Carell.

VCH has been designated as an Accredited Chest Pain Center and a Wound Care Center of Distinction and has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission.

More information about Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital is available at: vanderbilthealth.com/hospital/vanderbilt-clarksville-hospital.

This article will be updated.

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