HCA Crossroads Residential Centers, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Human Resources

ORR, Judge.

This appeal concerns an attempt by PIA-Asheville, Inc. d/b/a Appalachian Hall (Appalachian Hall) to intervene in two contested cases which were consolidated and heard before the Office of Administrative Hearings. Appalachian Hall operates a 100-bed hospital in Buncombe County. That facility provides substance abuse, chemical dependency and psychiatric services to both adolescents and adults.

On 16 May 1988, petitioner HCA Crossroads Residential Centers, Inc. (HCA) filed an application with the North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Certificate of Need Section, for the…