Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Latest Update: May 31, 1983
Assuming a need for additional hospital beds in Broward County by 1987, the agreed "planning horizon," the question becomes which, if any, of the six or seven proposals advanced in these proceedings would be the best means of meeting the need. Central to the bed need issue in this case is the parties' enigmatic stipulation: 2/ that there is a need for acute care beds in Broward County in 1987, and this need should be determined on a regionalized basis. Pembroke Pines joins in this stipulation only to the extent that a need does not exist in the proposed service area of SBHD. Prehearing Stipulation C.8. The parties were unable to agree on where these regional boundaries should be drawn, among other things.Competing health care providers vie for Certificates of Need (CONs) in an already overbuilt county. Recommended Order: grant some CONs, but not all, based on projected need in Broward County.
