Odyssey Healthcare Operating B, LP v. Department of Health

¶1 Odyssey Healthcare, Inc. (Odyssey Healthcare Operation B, LP’s parent company), appeals the superior court’s denial of its petition for review from the Department of Health’s (Department) administrative decision denying Odyssey’s certificate of need applications to establish new, for-profit hospice care agencies in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties. Odyssey argues that the Department misinterpreted its own rule in forecasting future need for additional hospice care agencies. Holding that the record supports the Department’s interpretation of its rule and its resulting determination that…