STATE OF FLORIDA
DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,
vs.
Petitioner,
DOAH CASE NO. ll-3317MPI JUDGER. BRUCE MCKIBBEN C.I. NO.: 10-1269-800
NPI NO.: 1720085137
NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.,
Respondent.
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FINAL ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before me for issuance of a Final Order. In a letter dated May 18, 2011, C.I. No. 10-1269-800, Naples Community Hospital, Inc. ("Respondent") was informed that the State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration ("ARCA" or "Agency") was seeking to recoup Medicaid overpayments in the amount of Twenty-Seven Thousand, Seven Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars and Fifty-Two cents ($27,736.52). The Respondent was further informed in the letter that the Agency assessed Two Thousand, Four Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Seventy-Two cents ($2,444.72) as costs for a total amount due of Thirty Thousand, One Hundred Eighty-One Dollars and Twenty-Four cents ($30,181.24). Pursuant to §409.913(6), Florida Statutes, the letter was sent Certified Mail, return receipt requested, to Respondent at the address last shown on the provider enrollment file.
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Filed November 17, 2011 8:27 AM Division of Administrative Hearings
A Petition for Administrative Hearing was received by the Agency on June 9, 2011. On July 1, 2011, the Petition was forwarded to DOAH by the Agency and assigned to an Administrative Law Judge ("Judge").
On August 25, 2011, the Respondent subsequently filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal with DOAH. The DOAH Judge entered an Order Closing File dated August 29, 2011, and therein remanded jurisdiction back to ARCA.
ORDER
BASED on the foregoing, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Respondent, Naples Community Hospital, Inc., refund, forthwith, the sum of Twenty-Seven Thousand, Seven Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars and Fifty-Two cents ($27,736.52) as a Medicaid overpayment plus costs of Two Thousand, Four Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Seventy-Two cents ($2,444.72) for a grand total of Thirty Thousand, One Hundred Eighty-One Dollars and Twenty-Four cents ($30,181.24) together with statutory interest as set forth in §409.913(25) (c), Florida Statutes. Respondent shall be entitled to credit for any and all monies withheld and/or prepaid pursuant to §409.913(27), Florida Statutes. Respondent shall make payment in full within 30 days of the rendition of this Final Order.
DONE and ORDERED this &I:.day of /,) t) &Jc::,t,1- fo{_ ----' 2011, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.
EZABRTH DUD K, sCRETARY
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
A PARTY WHO IS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS FINAL ORDER IS ENTITLED TO JUDICIAL REVIEW, WHICH SHALL BE INSTITUTED BY FILING THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF APPEAL WITH THE AGENCY CLERK OF AHCA, AND A COPY, ALONG WITH THE FILING FEE PRESCRIBED BY LAW, WITH THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL IN THE APPELLATE DISTRICT WHERE THE AGENCY MAINTAINS ITS HEADQUARTERS OR WHERE A PARTY RESIDES. REVIEW PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA APPELLATE RULES. THE NOTICE OF APPEAL MUST BE FILED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE RENDITION OF THE ORDER TO BE REVIEWED.
COPIES FURNISHED TO:
The Honorable R. Bruce McKibben Administrative Law Judge
Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building
1230 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060 (Email)
Naples Community Hospital, Inc. c/o Joanne B. Erde, Esquire Duane Morris, LLP
200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3400 Miami, Florida 33131
(United States Mail)
Debora E. Fridie, Assistant General Counsel Office of the General Counsel
(Email)
Mike Blackburn, Bureau Chief Medicaid Program Integrity (Email)
Johnnie Shepherd, AHCA Administrator Medicaid Program Integrity
(Email)
Finance & Accounting (Email)
Health Quality Assurance (Email)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing has been served upon the above-named addressees by United States Mail or email transmission as indicated on this
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RICHARD J. sHOOP,7 y ;lerk
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, MS #3
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 412-3630
| Issue Date | Document | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Nov. 15, 2011 | Agency Final Order |
