Alaska Spine Center, LLC v. Mat-Su Valley Medical Center, LLC

CARNEY, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The state agency responsible for regulating the operation of healthcare facilities throughout Alaska requires most such facilities to document the need for proposed services before the state approves construction of a new facility. The agency determined that an ambulatory surgical facility seeking to relocate from Anchorage to Wasilla did not need to submit such documentation because it was moving within the same community as defined by the relevant statute. Competing medical facilities in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough objected to the determination, arguing that…