ODYSSEY HEALTHCARE OPERATING BLP v. STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 36489-1-II.

185 P.3d 652 (2008)

ODYSSEY HEALTHCARE OPERATING BLP and Its Parent Company, Odyssey Healthcare, Inc., Appellant, v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Respondent, Providence and Home Care of Snohomish County and Hospice of Seattle, Intervenor, and Franciscan Health System-West dba Franciscan Hospice, Intervenor.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

June 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Dell Benedict, Benedict Garratt Pond & Pierce, Olympia, WA, for Appellants.

Donald W. Black, E. Ross Farr, Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC, Seattle, WA, James Scott Fitzgerald, Gregory A. McBroom, Livengood Fitzgerald & Alskog PLLC, Kirkland, WA, for Petitioner.

Richard Arthur McCartan, Atty. Gen. Office, Olympia, WA, Bruce W. Megard Jr., Bennett Bigelow & Leedom PS, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


HUNT, J.

¶ 1 Odyssey Healthcare, Inc. appeals the superior court's denial of its petition for review from the Department of Health's 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...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases