West Virginia Supreme Court upholds WV Health Care Authority's Decision on Physician Ultrasound Services

On November 17, 2005 the Supreme Court of Appelas of West Virginia released its decision in Family Medical Imaging and Poling vs. West Virginia Health Care Authority. This matter involved the Authority's denial of a certificate of need by physicians to provide ultrasound diagnostic services to patients referred to them by other physicians in Raleigh, Wyoming, McDowell, Fayette, Summers and Nicholas Counties, West Virginia.