Mississippi State Department of Health v. Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto, Inc.

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. DeSoto Imaging and Diagnostics, LLC (“DeSoto”) entered into an agreement with Alliance Imaging (“Alliance”) for the provision of mobile magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) services, contingent upon DeSoto procuring a Certificate of Need (“CON”) from the Mississippi State Department of Health (“MSDH”). DeSoto’s subsequently filed CON application was opposed by Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto, Inc. (“Baptist”) and De-Soto Diagnostic Imaging, LLC (“Carvel”). Following a three-day hearing, the hearing officer issued his “Proposed Findings of Fact and…