Mercy Health – Kings Mills Hospital, located at 5440 Kings Island Drive in the City of Mason, hosted a private ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Jan. 12 to celebrate its anticipated opening date of Jan. 21. The general public was also invited to a community open house event on Saturday, Jan. 13 to tour the innovative new facility and learn more about its programs and services.
Mercy Health – Kings Mills Hospital, a $200 million, 175,000-square-foot facility and two-story medical office building situated on the 30-acre former site of the College Football Hall of Fame, is the first hospital to be built in Greater Cincinnati in nearly a decade.
“The opening of this facility addresses the need for an acute care hospital in Mason and neighboring communities,” said Jason Asic, president of Mercy Health – Kings Mills Hospital. “Closer proximity means shorter ambulance rides, faster medical interventions and better outcomes for area patients.”
The 60-bed acute care facility becomes the second hospital to service Warren County and the first located in Mason. Mercy Health also operates five others in Greater Cincinnati: Mercy Health – West Hospital, Mercy Health – Anderson Hospital, Mercy Health – Clermont Hospital, Mercy Health – Fairfield Hospital and The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health.
“Welcoming Mercy Health – Kings Mills Hospital to the Mason landscape is a great way to start the new year,” said City of Mason Mayor Diana Nelson. “As one of city council’s first acts in January of 2021, we voted to attract the hospital through incentives and partnership. How rewarding for us to see it come to fruition and help open its doors to the community.”
“We’re grateful to the City of Mason for their partnership as we’ve worked to create a space of wellness and hope centered around our patients and their families,” said Brian Gwyn, president of Mercy Health – Cincinnati. “Their investment, guidance and commitment to collaboration have helped get this project across the finish line. Together, we are bringing high-quality health care close to home for area residents.”
The hospital’s emergency department, which includes 16 treatment spaces, will be open 24/7, and there is adjacent shell space to allow the department to be expanded as needs dictate. The hospital also has a helipad where serious trauma cases can be transported to and from other facilities. The walkways in the ambulance and helipad areas have de-icing systems to ensure the safety of emergency medical personnel and patients throughout the year.
In addition to emergency care, the hospital will provide general and orthopedic surgery, a Level 1 catheterization lab, an intensive care unit (ICU), four operating rooms, three procedure suites and additional shell space for eventual expansion. An attached medical office building will offer specialist care, including ENT, audiology, general surgery, pulmonology, orthopedics, cardiology and lab services. The medical campus is positioned for scalability as the demand for care grows.
“More than 80 percent of investment and job creation in Mason over the past eight years has been within the biohealth sector,” said Michele Blair, director of economic development for the City of Mason. “The addition of Mercy Health strengthens our biohub and contributes to overall interest in our entrepreneurial health care sector. As an investor in health science innovation, Mercy Health is a natural fit and a welcome collaborator.”
Mercy Health – Kings Mills has hired more than 200 staff members with plans to expand its workforce as needed. According to the American Hospital Association, each hospital job supports two additional local jobs, which means the hospital could indirectly create more than 400 jobs in the Mason area. Every dollar spent by hospitals support roughly $2.30 of additional local business activity, according to association statistics.
Mercy Health – Kings Mills Hospital, a $200 million, 175,000-square-foot facility and two-story medical office building situated on the 30-acre former site of the College Football Hall of Fame, is the first hospital to be built in Greater Cincinnati in nearly a decade.
“The opening of this facility addresses the need for an acute care hospital in Mason and neighboring communities,” said Jason Asic, president of Mercy Health – Kings Mills Hospital. “Closer proximity means shorter ambulance rides, faster medical interventions and better outcomes for area patients.”
The 60-bed acute care facility becomes the second hospital to service Warren County and the first located in Mason. Mercy Health also operates five others in Greater Cincinnati: Mercy Health – West Hospital, Mercy Health – Anderson Hospital, Mercy Health – Clermont Hospital, Mercy Health – Fairfield Hospital and The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health.
“Welcoming Mercy Health – Kings Mills Hospital to the Mason landscape is a great way to start the new year,” said City of Mason Mayor Diana Nelson. “As one of city council’s first acts in January of 2021, we voted to attract the hospital through incentives and partnership. How rewarding for us to see it come to fruition and help open its doors to the community.”
“We’re grateful to the City of Mason for their partnership as we’ve worked to create a space of wellness and hope centered around our patients and their families,” said Brian Gwyn, president of Mercy Health – Cincinnati. “Their investment, guidance and commitment to collaboration have helped get this project across the finish line. Together, we are bringing high-quality health care close to home for area residents.”
The hospital’s emergency department, which includes 16 treatment spaces, will be open 24/7, and there is adjacent shell space to allow the department to be expanded as needs dictate. The hospital also has a helipad where serious trauma cases can be transported to and from other facilities. The walkways in the ambulance and helipad areas have de-icing systems to ensure the safety of emergency medical personnel and patients throughout the year.
In addition to emergency care, the hospital will provide general and orthopedic surgery, a Level 1 catheterization lab, an intensive care unit (ICU), four operating rooms, three procedure suites and additional shell space for eventual expansion. An attached medical office building will offer specialist care, including ENT, audiology, general surgery, pulmonology, orthopedics, cardiology and lab services. The medical campus is positioned for scalability as the demand for care grows.
“More than 80 percent of investment and job creation in Mason over the past eight years has been within the biohealth sector,” said Michele Blair, director of economic development for the City of Mason. “The addition of Mercy Health strengthens our biohub and contributes to overall interest in our entrepreneurial health care sector. As an investor in health science innovation, Mercy Health is a natural fit and a welcome collaborator.”
Mercy Health – Kings Mills has hired more than 200 staff members with plans to expand its workforce as needed. According to the American Hospital Association, each hospital job supports two additional local jobs, which means the hospital could indirectly create more than 400 jobs in the Mason area. Every dollar spent by hospitals support roughly $2.30 of additional local business activity, according to association statistics.