Which of two applications for a Certificate of Need (CON) to operate a hospice in Service Area 8B, Collier County, Florida, should be granted: CON 9967 filed by Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc., or CON 9969 filed by VITAS Healthcare Corporation of Florida?With need in Collier County stipulated, VITAS is the superior applicant to Hope Hospice primarily because of adverse impact Hope`s application would have on the existing provider.
Which of two applications for a Certificate of Need (CON) to operate a hospice in Service Area 8B, Collier County, Florida, should be granted: CON 9967 filed by Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc., or CON 9969 filed by VITAS Healthcare Corporation of Florida?With need in Collier County stipulated, VITAS is the superior applicant to Hope Hospice primarily because of adverse impact Hope`s application would have on the existing provider.
Which of two applications for a Certificate of Need (CON) to operate a hospice in Service Area 8B, Collier County, Florida, should be granted: CON 9967 filed by Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc., or CON 9969 filed by VITAS Healthcare Corporation of Florida?With need in Collier County stipulated, VITAS is the superior applicant to Hope Hospice primarily because of adverse impact Hope`s application would have on the existing provider.
Whether the Certificate of Need (CON) applications filed by Regency Hospice of Northwest Florida, Inc. (Regency), Odyssey Healthcare of Northwest Florida, Inc. (Odyssey), and United Hospice of West Florida, Inc. (United) for a new hospice program in Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA or the Agency) Service Area (Service Area) 1, satisfy, on balance, the applicable statutory and rule review criteria sufficiently to warrant approval and, if so, which of the three applications best meets the applicable criteria for approval.On balance and in this comparative review hearing, Regency proved that its proposed hospice program in AHCA Service Area 1 should be approved over the other two applicants.
Whether the Certificate of Need (CON) applications filed by Regency Hospice of Northwest Florida, Inc. (Regency), Odyssey Healthcare of Northwest Florida, Inc. (Odyssey), and United Hospice of West Florida, Inc. (United) for a new hospice program in Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA or the Agency) Service Area (Service Area) 1, satisfy, on balance, the applicable statutory and rule review criteria sufficiently to warrant approval and, if so, which of the three applications best meets the applicable criteria for approval.On balance and in this comparative review hearing, Regency proved that its proposed hospice program in AHCA Service Area 1 should be approved over the other two applicants.
Whether the Certificate of Need (CON) applications filed by Regency Hospice of Northwest Florida, Inc. (Regency), Odyssey Healthcare of Northwest Florida, Inc. (Odyssey), and United Hospice of West Florida, Inc. (United) for a new hospice program in Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA or the Agency) Service Area (Service Area) 1, satisfy, on balance, the applicable statutory and rule review criteria sufficiently to warrant approval and, if so, which of the three applications best meets the applicable criteria for approval.On balance and in this comparative review hearing, Regency proved that its proposed hospice program in AHCA Service Area 1 should be approved over the other two applicants.
The issue in this case is whether the Certificate of Need (CON) Application No. 9822 filed by Tarpon Springs Hospital Foundation, Inc., d/b/a Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital in December 2004, to establish an adult open heart surgery (OHS) program in Agency for Health Care Administration (the Agency or AHCA) Service District 5, should be approved.The Applicant proved that "not normal" circumstances exist justifying approval of an open heart surgery program at Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital.
Whether the Certificate of Need (CON) applications filed by Central Florida Regional Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Central Florida Regional Hospital (Central Florida) (CON Application No. 9805) and Oviedo HMA, Inc. (Oviedo HMA) (CON Application No. 9807P) for a new, 60-bed acute care hospital in Seminole County, Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency or AHCA) acute care subdistrict 7-4, satisfy, on balance, the applicable statutory and rule review criteria sufficiently to warrant approval; and, if so, which of the two applications best meets the applicable statutory and rule review criteria for approval.Oviedo HMA, Inc., proved that, on balance, its Certificate of Need (CON) application for 60-bed acute care hospital met the applicable statutory and rule criteria and should be approved, rather than the CON application submitted by Petitioner.
Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida, Inc., and Heartland Services of Florida, Inc., each filed applications with the Agency for Health Care Administration to establish a new hospice program in Duval County, Hospice Service Area 4A, in the second batching cycle of 2004. The issue in these consolidated cases is whether either, both or neither of the applications should be approved.Heartland`s certificate of need application should be granted. The correction of an error in Schedules 6, 7 and 8 is not an impermissable amendment. Vitas` application should be dismissed for lack of an audited financial statement of the applicant.
Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida, Inc., and Heartland Services of Florida, Inc., each filed applications with the Agency for Health Care Administration to establish a new hospice program in Duval County, Hospice Service Area 4A, in the second batching cycle of 2004. The issue in these consolidated cases is whether either, both or neither of the applications should be approved.Heartland`s certificate of need application should be granted. The correction of an error in Schedules 6, 7 and 8 is not an impermissable amendment. Vitas` application should be dismissed for lack of an audited financial statement of the applicant.
