Children's Hospital & Medical Center v. Department of Health

— Children’s Hospital and Medical Center appeals dismissal of its lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Health challenging the Department’s determination that Tacoma General Hospital could perform pediatric open heart surgeries without a Certificate of Need (CN) review. Holding that CN review is mandatory, we reverse.

FACTS

Children’s Hospital and Medical Center (Children’s) is a 208-bed acute care pediatric hospital in Seattle. Until 1997, Children’s was the only hospital in Western Washington that offered the full range of specialized pediatric cardiac care services, 1 including…