Robert Packer Hospital v. Department of Health

DOYLE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Robert Packer Hospital (Packer) and the Guthrie Clinic, Ltd., (Guthrie) from an order of the State Health Facility Hearing Board (Board) which upheld a decision of the Department of Health (Department) to grant a Certificate of Need (CON) to the Williamsport Hospital and Medical Center, Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Clin*331ic (Applicants) for the establishment of invasive cardiology services.

In its CON proposal Applicants proposed to expand existing cardiac services at Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Clinic to satellite facilities at Williamsport…