Hospice at Greensboro, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services of Facility Services

STROUD, Judge.

Respondent-intervenor Liberty Home Care, L.L.C. appeals from the final agency decision entered by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS], Division of Facility Services [DFS] in a contested case. Petitioner Hospice at Greensboro, Inc. [HGI] contested the DHHS, DFS Certificate of Need Section’s [CON Section] issuance of a “No Review” letter to Liberty, which authorized Liberty to open a hospice office in Greensboro, North Carolina without first obtaining a Certificate of Need [CON] from the department. The final DHHS agency decision granted summary…