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00-003224CON HOSPICE CARE OF BROWARD COUNTY, INC. vs CATHOLIC HOSPICE, INC., AND AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION (2000)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Aug. 04, 2000

Hospice application denied with no numeric need, no special circumstances, highest penetration rate in state, and 4 excellent providers with standing and potential adverse impacts of varying degrees on staffing, admissions, or revenues.

94-004755CON MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER OF GREATER MIAMI, INC., D/B/A MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER vs MIAMI BEACH HEALTHCARE GROUP, LTD., D/B/A MIAMI HEART INSTITUTE (1994)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Aug. 30, 1994

Whether the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA or the Agency) should approve the application for certificate of need (CON) 7700 filed by Miami Beach Healthcare Group, LTD. d/b/a Miami Heart Institute (Miami Heart or MH).Relocation of existing beds didn't change Fixed Need Pool and applicant met criteria for approval.

91-001591 HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC., D/B/A COLUMBIA BLAKE MEDICAL CENTER vs DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES (1991)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Mar. 12, 1991

Whether Oak Hill Hospital should be awarded certificate of need 6383 to add 54 additional acute care beds in Hernando County, HRS District III. Certificate Of Need granted when occupancy level met rule criteria despite no need under bed need methodology

86-001535 PLANTATION GENERAL HOSPITAL, L.P., D/B/A PLANTATION GENERAL HOSPITAL vs. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES (1986)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Latest Update: Aug. 06, 1987

The issue is whether the applications of Plantation General Hospital and North Broward Hospital District, d/b/a North Broward Medical Center for certificates of need for open heart surgery programs should be granted.Hospital denied Cert. of Need for open heart surgery program. Petitioner unable to demonstrate need, numeric formulas used in determining need.

20-001713CON VITAS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION OF FLORIDA vs AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION (2020)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Apr. 01, 2020

Whether the certificate of need (“CON”) applications filed by Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. (“Cornerstone”); Suncoast Hospice of Hillsborough, LLC (“Suncoast”); and VITAS Healthcare Corporation of Florida (“VITAS”), for a new hospice program in Agency for Health Care Administration (“AHCA” or the “Agency”) Service Area 6A (Hillsborough County), satisfy the applicable statutory and rule review criteria sufficiently to warrant approval, and, if so, which of the three applications, on balance, best meets the applicable criteria for approval.With a published need for one new program, as between three competing applicants, Suncoast's proposed hospice best satisfies statutory and rule criteria, and should therefore be approved for Hillsborough County.

20-001733CON SUNCOAST HOSPICE OF HILLSBOROUGH, LLC vs CORNERSTONE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE, INC., AND VITAS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION OF FLORIDA (2020)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Apr. 03, 2020

Whether the certificate of need (“CON”) applications filed by Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. (“Cornerstone”); Suncoast Hospice of Hillsborough, LLC (“Suncoast”); and VITAS Healthcare Corporation of Florida (“VITAS”), for a new hospice program in Agency for Health Care Administration (“AHCA” or the “Agency”) Service Area 6A (Hillsborough County), satisfy the applicable statutory and rule review criteria sufficiently to warrant approval, and, if so, which of the three applications, on balance, best meets the applicable criteria for approval.With a published need for one new program, as between three competing applicants, Suncoast's proposed hospice best satisfies statutory and rule criteria, and should therefore be approved for Hillsborough County.

21-000888CON SEASONS HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF PINELLAS COUNTY, LLC vs AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION (2021)

Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed: Mar. 09, 2021

Whether there is “an error in the Fixed Need Pool numbers” for hospice as calculated by the Agency for Health Care Administration (“AHCA”) pursuant to Florida Administrative Code Rule 59C-1.0355(4)(a), and as published by AHCA on February 5, 2021, pursuant to rule 59C-1.008(2)(a).Petitioners have failed to demonstrate that the FNP determination under challenge herein is in error. Not proper to consider "provisional" deaths data and VA hospice admissions.

21-000889CON THE HOSPICE OF FLORIDA SUNCOAST, INC. vs AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION (2021)