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Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction

Award Number: CE152427
ORGANIZATION: HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS BUREAU
OPDIV: HRSA
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: CONSTRUCTION
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction - The University Health System (UHS), d/b/a UT Medical Center-Knoxville (UTMC) FY23 CPF request will fund the renovation of the NICO at UTMC's Women and Infants Hospital. UTMC’s vision includes a completely new Emergency Room access point for women, infants, and children, as well as plans for improved patient flow around the UTMC campus. Desired services to be offered include: full OB/GYN surgical services (i.e., pelvic floor reconstruction and eventually breast reconstructive surgery), including a dedicated OR floor and med/surg recovery floor; a birthing center with low-intervention rooms; an 18-24 bed Labor and Delivery unit with at least 8 operating rooms; a Level 3 NICU; aesthetically pleasing mother/baby postpartum floor with dedicated space for educational programs and resources for new mothers and families; dedicated antepartum med/surg floors; and additional room to grow into new service lines such as children, adolescents, GI, and more. UTMC is currently the Knoxville areas only Regional Perinatal Center (RPC), providing care to patients from a 30-county area in East Tennessee. Further, several OB programs at outlying hospitals have closed, bringing more volume to UTMC’s service line which is already stretched to – and beyond – capacity. Despite having a capacity for 4,000 births a year, UTMC has exceeded its capacity by 200-700 babies over the last three years alone. It is not possible to increase OB volume in the current space given constraints on physical appointment space, and number of providers available. Creating a new Womens and Infant’s hospital in the Knoxville region will significantly increase the quality of health care and decrease a significant burden on the current health care system. This new hospital will fill a huge gap in the community, while alleviating the main hospital capacity and offer world class care to a highly specialized population.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC	1924 ALCOA HWY	KNOXVILLE	TN	37920	KNOX	USA	Congressional Directives	03	1	1/24/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC	1924 ALCOA HWY	KNOXVILLE	TN	37920	KNOX	USA	Congressional Directives	07	1	7/15/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC	1924 ALCOA HWY	KNOXVILLE	TN	37920	KNOX	USA	Congressional Directives	06	1	3/13/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC	1924 ALCOA HWY	KNOXVILLE	TN	37920	KNOX	USA	Congressional Directives	01	1	11/8/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC	1924 ALCOA HWY	KNOXVILLE	TN	37920	KNOX	USA	Congressional Directives	04	1	2/27/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC	1924 ALCOA HWY	KNOXVILLE	TN	37920	KNOX	USA	Congressional Directives	08	1	7/19/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC	1924 ALCOA HWY	KNOXVILLE	TN	37920	KNOX	USA	Congressional Directives	05	1	3/5/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC	1924 ALCOA HWY	KNOXVILLE	TN	37920	KNOX	USA	Congressional Directives	02	1	11/16/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC	1924 ALCOA HWY	KNOXVILLE	TN	37920	KNOX	USA	Congressional Directives	09	1	8/2/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,000,000 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC	1924 ALCOA HWY	KNOXVILLE	TN	37920	KNOX	USA	Congressional Directives	00	1	9/15/2023	NEW	$1,000,000
														Subtotal = $1,000,000

Grand Total All Awards = $1,000,000

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Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction

Award Number: CE152427

ORGANIZATION: HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS BUREAU

OPDIV: HRSA

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: CONSTRUCTION

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2026

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