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

LEE, C.J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi Inc. d/b/a Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi and BMH North Mississippi Imaging Services LLC d/b/a Oxford Diagnostic Center (collectively "Baptist") opposed Oxford Pre-Op & Imaging Center LLC's (OPIC) application for a Certificate of Need (CON) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services. The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) later granted the CON. Baptist appealed the MSDH's decision to the Hinds County Chancery Court, First Judicial District, and the chancery court affirmed the MSDH's grant of…