In Re Professional Nurses Service, Inc.

Professional Nurses Service, Inc. (PNS) appeals from a decision of the Commissioner of the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration, •which denied PNS’s application for a certificate of need (CON) to offer a full range of nurse-aide and other therapeutic services. The CON is necessary for PNS to seek certification as a Medicare home health agency. PNS claims that the Commissioner erred by (1) failing to make findings of fact on whether a new home health agency is needed as a result of changes in the health care market, (2) concluding that PNS’s proposal for…