Bass, Berry & Sims served as lead counsel to Lifepoint’s Sumner Physician Practices (SPP) in obtaining a Certificate of Need (CON) to initiate MRI services for its orthopedic patients in a six-county service area, including DeKalb, Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale and Wilson Counties. The CON project was unanimously approved by state regulators.

SPP is a multi-disciplinary physician group that is part of Lifepoint Health, a leading healthcare provider that serves patients, clinicians, communities and partner organizations across the healthcare continuum. Lifepoint Health has a growing, diversified healthcare delivery network comprised of more than 50,000 dedicated employees, 60 community hospital campuses, 60 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and 250 additional sites of care, including managed acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.