Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jan. 30, 2018
The issues are (1) whether the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) is entitled to recover certain Medicaid payments that it made to Respondent, Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Inc., d/b/a Suncoast Hospice (Suncoast), pursuant to section 409.913(11), Florida Statutes, for hospice services provided during the audit period, September 1, 2009, through December 31, 2012; and (2) if overpayments were made, the amount of sanctions, if any, that should be imposed against Suncoast pursuant to section 409.913(15) through (17).AHCA established that 36 patients not qualified for hospice care. Provider required to repay overpayments and fine imposed.
