Chippenham & Johnston-Willis Hospitals, Inc. v. Peterson

ELDER, Judge.

Chippenham and Johnston-Willis Hospitals, Inc., (Chippenham) appeals from a circuit court ruling affirming the decision of E. Anne Peterson, the State Health Commissioner, (the Commissioner). In that decision, the Commissioner concluded that Chippenham was not a “person showing good cause,” as that term is defined in Code § 32.1-102.6(D), and, thus, was ineligible to participate in the informal fact finding conference held on the application of Bon Secours-Richmond Health Systems, Inc., Bon Secours-Stuart Circle Hospital, Inc., and Bon Secours-St. Francis Medical Center, Inc.,…