Legal Opinion
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital v. Washington State Department of Health
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 19, 2011No. 10-35497, 10-35543PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
The Washington State Department of Health (Department) will not license Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (Memorial) to perform certain procedures known as elective percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), which are used to treat diseased arteries of the heart. Examples of such procedures include stent implantation and laser angioplasty. 1 Although Memorial already performs PCI in emergencies (no license required), it cannot perform “elective” procedures without a license that is required as part of the state’s broader “certificate of need” regulatory regime. See…
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