Singing River Health System v. Mississippi State Department of Health

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Singing River Health System, consisting of Singing River Hospital and Ocean Springs Hospital; Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, and Garden Park Medical Center (collectively the Gulf Coast Hospitals) appeal from the judgment of the Hinds County Chancery Court affirming the order of the Mississippi State Department of Health (DOH) granting a Certificate of Need (CON) to Harrison HMA LLC d/b/a Gulf Coast Medical Center (hereinafter HMA, unless the context dictates otherwise). The Gulf Coast Hospitals argue that the chancery court erred in affirming the order of the…