Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jan. 12, 2016
Whether, on balance, Certificate of Need (“CON”) application number 10395 by The Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County, Florida (“JW”) to build a 100-bed acute care hospital in Miami- Dade County, Florida, AHCA District 11, and/or CON application number 10394 by East Florida-DMC, Inc. (“DMC”), to build an 80- bed acute care hospital in Miami-Dade County, Florida, satisfy the applicable criteria and should be approved.The evidence supported a need for a new hospital to be located in Doral, Miami-Dade County. On balance, East Florida-DMC better satisfied the applicable criteria and should be awarded CON 10394 to construct 80-bed hospital on its site in Doral.