Petitioner: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Respondent: JUDITH M. SWEETBAUM, M.D.
Judges: FLORENCE SNYDER RIVAS
Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Jan. 30, 2006
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, April 10, 2006.
Latest Update: Dec. 26, 2024
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JUDITH SWEETBAUM, M.D., Provider No.: 045881300
Rendition No. AHCA-06- -S-MDP
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FINAL ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before me for issuance of a Final Order. In a Final Audit Report
(F.A.R.) dated December 21, 2005, Judith Sweetbaum, M.D. (Respondent) was informed that the
State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency) was seeking to recoup
Medicaid overpayments in the amount of $32,431.14.
The F.A.R. contained full disclosure and notice regarding Respondent’s administrative
hearing and due process rights, Respondent requested a formal administrative hearing to dispute
the facts contained in the letter. The matter was referred to the Division of Administrative
Hearings and was assigned case number 06-0376MPI.
The Respondent sent the Agency a Notice of Withdrawal of Request for Hearing dated
April 7, 2006 confirming that Respondent is withdrawing her petition for a formal administrative
hearing and the Administrative Law Judge issued an Order Closing File dated April 10, 2006,
which are incorporated by reference.
FINDINGS OF FACT
The Respondent, JUDITH SWEETBAUM, M_LD., has paid the Agency the amount of
$32,431.14 plus a $3,000.00 fine to the Agency’s Finance and Accounting Department on
January 9, 2006. Therefore, no other action affecting the Respondent under the above-styled case
number is pending.
Based on the foregoing, the request for a hearing is dismissed and the file is CLOSED.
DONE and ORDERED on a Ze , 2006, in Tallahassee, Florida.
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A PARTY WHO IS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS FINAL ORDER IS ENTITLED TO
A JUDICIAL REVIEW WHICH SHALL BE INSTITUTED BY FILING ONE COPY OF A
NOTICE OF APPEAL WITH THE AGENCY CLERK OF AHCA, AND A SECOND COPY
ALONG WITH FILING FEE AS 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 RENDITION OF THE
ORDER TO BE REVIEWED.
Copies furnished to:
L. William Porter II
Assistant General Counsel
Agency for Health Care
Administration
(nteroffice Mail)
Sean M. Ellsworth, Esquire
Ellsworth Law Firm, P.A.
404 Washington Avenue, Suite 750
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
(U.S. Mail)
Florence Rivas
Administrative Law Judge
Division of Administrative Hearings
The DeSoto Building
1230 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060
Tim Bymes, Chief, Medicaid Program Integrity
Jill Smith, Medicaid Program Integrity
Maryann Alliegood, Finance & Accounting
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished to
the above-named addressees on a ao) , 2006.
Richard Shoop, Esquire
Agency Clerk
State of Florida
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Building #3
Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5403
(850) 922-5873
Docket for Case No: 06-000376MPI
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Jun. 01, 2006 |
Final Order filed.
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Apr. 10, 2006 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Apr. 07, 2006 |
Notice of Withdrawl of Request for Hearing filed.
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Mar. 16, 2006 |
Notice of Deposition filed.
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Feb. 08, 2006 |
Notice of Service of Interrogatories, Expert Interrogatories, Request for Admissions and Request for Production of Documents filed.
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Feb. 08, 2006 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Feb. 08, 2006 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for April 27 and 28, 2006; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
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Feb. 07, 2006 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Jan. 31, 2006 |
Initial Order.
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Jan. 30, 2006 |
Final Audit Report filed.
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Jan. 30, 2006 |
Request for Formal Administrative Hearing filed.
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Jan. 30, 2006 |
Letter to J. Smith from J. Sweetbaum enclosing check.
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Jan. 30, 2006 |
Notice (of Agency referral) filed.
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