Oncology & Hematology Associates v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control

We granted a writ of certiorari to review a series of discovery orders of the administrative law court (ALC). S.C. Const, art. V, § 5. We vacate the ALC’s discovery orders and remand. 1

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The parties in this case are fiercely competitive healthcare providers in upstate South Carolina. The primary parties, Petitioner Oncology and Hematology Associates of South Carolina, d/b/a Cancer Centers of the Carolinas (CCC), and Respondent Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS), are licensed to provide linear accelerator 2 services in adjoining service areas. 3 CCC is a private physician group, and…