Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Flowood, LLC and Mississippi State Department of Health v. Mississippi…

Summary

The Mississippi Supreme Court held that the chancery court erred in finding that the State Department of Health failed to consider the relevance of the Baptist hospital’s certificate of need application; the hearing officer had indeed considered relevance and properly excluded the pending non‑competing application. Accordingly, the court vacated the chancellor’s judgment and remanded the case for a merits determination on the Methodist hospital’s appeal.