Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Sep. 19, 1989
At issue in these proceedings is whether there exists a need for a new open heart surgery program in HRS District IX and, if so, whether the applications of St. Mary's Hospital, Inc. (St. Mary's), Boca Raton Community Hospital, Inc. (Boca), and Martin Memorial Hospital Association, Inc. (Martin), or any of them, for a certificate of need to establish such a program should be approved.Challenge to published need for open heart services-incipient policy rejected-fixed need pool to be corrected in current cycle.