Judge calls for rejection of Orlando Health pediatric heart-transplant program application

An administrative law judge has issued a recommend order to reject Orlando Health's request for a new pediatric heart-transplant program in the area. In his Dec. 26 recommendation, Judge W. David Watkins wrote that Arnold Palmer Hospital did not show a need to create a program for what is a relatively rare condition. The nonprofit health care provider wanted to establish a pediatric heart transplant program at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Childre n, which would have cost $1.5 million total and involved…
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