Legal Opinion
King County Public Hospital District No. 2 v. Department of Health
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided May 4, 2012No. 66304-6-IPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpearman, J.
¶1 We are asked to determine whether a health law judge (HLJ) acted arbitrarily and capriciously in entering a final order approving a settlement between the Department of Health (Department) and Odyssey Healthcare. The central component of the settlement was the Department’s approval of Odyssey’s 2006 certificate of need (CN) application to provide hospice care in King County. Evergreen and other competing providers filed a petition for review of the HLJ’s order in superior court. The superior court reversed the HLJ’s order on the grounds that (1) Evergreen had not received a full…
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