'Without a reasonably sound factual basis'

Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman has overruled the Tennessee Health Services Development Agency's decision to let HCA build a $104 million, 56-bed hospital in Spring Hill. In her ruling, Bonnyman said the agency's decision was "arbitrary and capricious and is unsupported in the record by substantial and material evidence." Nashville-based HCA can appeal the decision to the Tennessee Court of Appeals.

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Columbia hospital laying off 25

Maury Regional Medical Center, whose CEO says charity care is up 44 percent from a year ago, also will freeze salaries "until utilization and reimbursement significantly improve."