Jeannette District Memorial Hospital v. Department of Health

NARICK, Senior Judge.

Jeannette District Memorial Hospital (Hospital) appeals from a decision of the State Health Facility Hearing Board (Board) affirming the Department of Health’s (Department’s) approval of Surgicenter Associates’ (Surgicenter’s) application for a certificate of need (CON). We affirm.

The facts as found by the Board are as follows. On April 1, 1989, Surgicenter filed a CON application with the Department. Therein, Surgicenter proposed to develop and operate a freestanding ambulatory surgery center in Westmoreland County.

At a September 27, 1989 public hearing, both sides…