Canonsburg General Hospital v. Department of Health

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court granting appellee Canonsburg General Hospital a writ of peremptory mandamus directing appellants, the Commonwealth’s Department of Health and its Secretary, to certify that Canonsburg General’s proposal to build a new hospital conforms to standards for federal financial assistance under section 1122 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-1. We agree with appellants that Canonsburg General has failed to exhaust available administrative remedies and that judicial relief is thus not proper.…