Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Hospital v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 18, 1987No. Appeal, No. 145 C.D. 1986PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Senior Judge Barbieri,
Metropolitan Hospital (Metropolitan), Petitioner, appeals here an order of the State Health Facility Hear*7ing Board (Board) which affirmed a decision of the Department of Health (Department) denying Petitioners application for a Certificate of Need (CON). We affirm.
Metropolitan, the largest osteopathic hospital in Pennsylvania, made application for a Certificate of Need seeking authorization to expand its cardiovascular program to include cardiac catheterization services and open heart surgery. Metropolitans application was submitted to the Health Systems Agency…
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