Adventist Healthcare Midatlantic, Inc. v. Suburban Hospital, Inc.

WILNER, Judge.

This is a battle over administrative procedure. Two Washington metropolitan area hospitals—Suburban Hospital and Holy Cross Hospital—filed applications with the Maryland Health Resources Planning Commission for a certificate of need (CON) to establish and operate open heart surgery (OHS) units at their respective hospitals. A third area hospi tal, Washington Adventist Hospital, opposed those applications. Upon the recommendation of its Staff, the Commission summarily denied the applications on the ground that the existing State Health Plan showed an insufficient need for an…