Ifida Health Care Group, Ltd. v. Commonwealth

DOYLE, Judge.

This is an appeal by the IFIDA Health Care Group, Ltd., (IFIDA) from an order of the State Health Facility Hearing Board (Board) dismissing IFIDA’s appeal on the basis that it lacked standing to appeal to the Board.

The instant matter began on November 6, 1987 when Diversified Health Services (Diversified) filed an application for a Certificate of Need (CON) proposing to develop a 120 bed long-term care facility in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. On March 4, 1988, the Department of Health (Department) published a notice of completed CON application in a Delaware County newspaper…