Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jun. 21, 2017
The issue is whether the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) properly denied Crestwood Nursing Center, Inc.’s (Crestwood), request for a 60-day extension of the validity period of its certificate of need (CON) No. 10358. A corollary issue raised by Crestwood is whether it was “induced and lulled” into relying on the alleged procedures as set forth in AHCA’s September 16, 2016, letter, and thus whether the theory of equitable estoppel applies. Finally, Crestwood alleges that AHCA acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying its extension request.Crestwood failed to demonstrate its entitlement to an extension of its CON under section 408.040 and rule 59C-1.018. Accordingly, AHCA properly denied Crestwood's request.
