St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital v. Mississippi State Department of Health

The issue before the Supreme Court was whether the Mississippi Department of Health erred by denying the certificate-of-need (CON) application of St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital. In its application, St. Dominic sought to relocate seventy-one general acute-care beds from its Jackson location to a new facility in planned to build in Madison County. The Department found that St. Dominic's proposed project was actually a new hospital and not a relocation. Because St. Dominic did not meet the need criteria for a new hospital, the Department denied the request. The Madison County Chancery Court affirmed that decision. St. Dominic raised four issues on appeal. Taking each in turn, the Supreme Court concluded that the Department did not err by finding St. Dominic's project was actually a new hospital. Because St. Dominic could not meet the need criteria for a new hospital, the Department did not err by denying the CON application, and that the chancery court did not err by affirming that decision. View "St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital v. Mississippi State Department of Health" on Justia Law