Department of Health v. Omaha Associates

Omaha Associates, a limited partnership in the State of Illinois, and Aksarben Nursing Centers, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, appellees, seeking approval of the simultaneous purchase and lease of the 174-bed Omaha nursing home facility of The Hillhaven Corporation, filed an application with the Department of Health (department) requesting the issuance of a certificate of need (CON), which, by virtue of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5830(1) (Reissue 1986), was required for the proposed transaction. Accepting the department’s recommendations, the CON review committee denied the appellees’ application…