b'CON Ad 1 Cone Health believes that better health care is healthLets not confuseCone Health believes that better health care is healthCON Ad 2Spread care for all. For 70 years, weve strived to be thereentering a marketcare for all. For 70 years, weve strived to be here for our neighbors when and where they need us most. when and where our neighbors need us most. And we will continue to do so.That is why we will be asking the North Carolina with investingAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist the Certificate the Health What we strive not to be is duplicative. Overlappingin a community. Department of Health and Human Services to deny services and facilities concentrated in certainof Need (CON) to build a hospital off of Horse Pen pockets of our communities only amplify alreadyCreek Road. pronounced health care disparities.We can all agree that our communities would We are for equity over inequality.benefit greatly from new and expanded health care Convenience over inaccessibility.resources. But overlapping services and facilities Outreach over shut out. conveniently accessible to relatively small pockets Value over costliness. of our overall population only amplify existing health care disparities.This is why we will be asking the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to denyResidents who live near the proposed site are Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist the Certi catealready in close proximity to a new, comprehensive of Need (CON) to build a hospital oof Horse Penmedical, wellness and ambulatory care center Creek Road.opened in May of last year. In addition, there are There is no arguing that our communities canthree nationally recognized hospitals nearby.bene t greatly from new and expanded healthWhile competition often results in more favorable care resources. As long as the communities extendpricing, its not necessarily the case here. Publicly beyond the 27410 ZIP code where residents are inavailable data shows that Cone Health typically close proximity to a new, comprehensive medical,provides similar services at lower cost thanwellness and ambulatory care center opened in MayAtrium Health, across all services and all insurance of last year.types. Emergency Department visits and imaging While competition often results in more favorableservices are two of many areas where Cone Health pricing, its not necessarily the case here. Publiclypatients generally pay less. available data shows that Cone Health typicallyWell also be asking the state to consider the people provides similar services at less cost than Atriumof High Point when making its decision. If the CON Health, across all services and all insurance types. is approved, 36 acute care beds and two operating Another important consideration for the state inrooms will be removed from the Atrium Wake Forest making its decision is the people of High Point.High Point Medical Center which will likely result in If the CON is approved, 36 acute care beds and twohigher costs as well as increase the frequencyoperating rooms will be removed from Atriumof High Point residents being transferred toWake Forest High Point Medical Center, increasingWinston-Salem for advanced care.the likelihood that High Point patients will be transferred to Winston-Salem for advanced care. Denial is not a word or action we take lightly.In fact, it goes against the very fabric of whatDenial is not a word or action we take lightly.Cone Health stands for. But in this case, rejection In fact, it goes against the very fabric of whatcan pave the way for greater acceptance.Cone Health stands for. But in this case, rejection can pave the way for greater acceptance. Ranked #1 Hospital in the state by Business North Carolina Ranked #1 Hospital in the state by Business North CarolinaRanked #1 Hospital in Piedmont by US News Ranked #1 Hospital in Piedmont by US NewsCON Ad 3 Exercising theThe state of North Carolina hasRecently, the State of North CarolinaCON Ad 4approved Atrium Healths applicationCan moreapproved a Certi cate of Needled for a Certificate of Need to build a right to appealnew hospital in Greensboro. Moreby Atrium Health to build a new specifically, in one of Greensboroshospitalshospital in one of Greensboros most for whatsmost affluent neighborhoods alreadyauent neighborhoods. served by a new, comprehensiveactually resultFor many reasons, Cone Health Medical Center just two miles from right for ourthe proposed construction site.respectfully disagrees with the states Cone Health, along with Mayorin less care?decision. We do, however, value the regulatory process and have submitted community. Vaughan and many other communityappeal documents, an action leaders, does not agree with thissupported by Mayor Nancy Vaughan and other community leaders.decision. We do, however, respectYes, theyThose of us who share in the belief of the regulatory process and intend to appeal the initial ruling. The fight for equitable care is deserving ofactually can.equal access for all continue to stand persistent opposition to Atriumopposed to duplicative health care Healths plans.services in a small, concentrated area already served by a comprehensive Need is defined as somethingMedical Center just two miles from the that is essential or very important.proposed construction site. Equal access to care for our entire population meets that definition.We maintain that the projected Duplicative health care services in ahospital is about pro ts over patients. small, concentrated area does not.Its very location indicates amarket-driven strategy versus a We maintain that the plannedneeds-based solution. hospital is about profits over patients. And while the state has decided thatKnowing that the plans also call for Guilford County needs anotherthe inclusion of a helipad begs the hospital, Atrium Health intends toquestion: why here? There is a level move those assets from its High Point2 trauma center just minutes away at Regional Medical Center. In essence,Moses Cone Hospital. The answer is the gap between fully served andlikely to carry patients who require underserved will only widen. advanced medical care, that the proposed facility will be unequipped Cone Health proudly stands withto provide, to Winston-Salem. Who those in support of quality care fordo you think will be asked to foot the more people in more places. Forbill for that very expensive 10-minute 70 years, weve strived to be therehelicopter ride? Patients and their when and where our neighborsfamilies, of course. need us most, and we dont plan on stopping anytime soon.In our view, pro ts over patients is fundamentally backward. For 70 years, Cone Health has strived to be there when and where our neighbors need us most, and we dont plan on stopping anytime soon. Ranked #1 Hospital in the state by Business North Carolina Ranked #1 Hospital in the state by Business North CarolinaRanked #1 Hospital in Piedmont by US News Ranked #1 Hospital in Piedmont by US NewsCONE HEALTH ANNUAL REPORT37'