Petitioner: FARMACIA MARTINEZ, INC.
Respondent: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Judges: PATRICIA M. HART
Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration
Locations: Miami, Florida
Filed: Sep. 23, 2004
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, October 5, 2004.
Latest Update: Dec. 26, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA
DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
FARMACIA MARTINEZ, INC.,
Petitioner,
vs. DOAH CASE NO. 04-3460MPI
AUDIT NO. C.I. 04-2097-000/H/KLH
PROVIDER NO. 021964900 2
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FINAL ORDER
THIS CAUSE came before me for issuance of a Final Order on a Final Agency Audit
Report (“FAAL”) dated August 10, 2004 (audit number C.1. 04-2097-000/H/KLH). By the
FAAL, the Agency for Health Care Administration (“AHCA” or “Agency”), informed the
Petitioner, Farmacia Martinez, Inc., (hereinafter “PROVIDER”), that the Agency was seeking to
recover Medicaid overpayments in the amount of $1,223.08.
The FAAL provided full disclosure and notice to the PROVIDER of procedures for
requesting an administrative hearing to contest the alleged overpayment. The PROVIDER filed a
petition with the Agency requesting a formal administrative hearing. The Agency transmitted
Petitioner’s hearing request to the Division of Administrative Hearings for conduct of a formal
administrative hearing. The PROVIDER, through counsel, then withdrew the petition for formal
administrative hearing and the DOAH case was dismissed by the Administrative Law Judge on
October 5, 2004, and jurisdiction of the case relinquished by the Division to the Agency.
FINDINGS OF FACTS
The PROVIDER received the FAAL that gave notice of PROVIDER’S right to an
administrative hearing regarding the alleged Medicaid overpayment. The PROVIDER filed a
petition requesting an administrative hearing, and then caused that petition and the administrative
hearing to be DISMISSED. Petitioner chose not to dispute the facts set forth in the Final Agency
Audit Report dated August 10, 2004. The facts alleged in the FAAL are hereby deemed
admitted, including the total overpayment amount of $1,223.08. The Agency hereby adopts the
facts set forth in the FAAL, including that the amount of $1,223.08 is now due and owing, from
PROVIDER to the Agency, with interest, since the date of August 10, 2004.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
The Agency incorporates and adopts each and every relevant statement and conclusion of
law set forth in the Final Agency Audit Report dated August 10, 2004. The admitted facts
support the legal conclusion that the overpayment in the amount of $1,223.08, is now due and
owing from PROVIDER to the Agency. Under Section 409.913, Florida Statutes, interest
accrues on this overpayment amount at 10% annually from August 10, 2004.
Based on the foregoing, it is
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that PROVIDER remit, forthwith, the sum of $1,223.08,
together with statutory interest as set forth in Section 409.913, Florida Statutes, from the date of
August 10, 2004. The Petitioner’s request for an administrative hearing is hereby DISMISSED.
He
DONE AND ORDERED this a2¢™ aay of sar“, 2005, in Tallahassee,
Florida.
A
fo ‘Alan Levine, Secretary
Agency for Health Care Administration
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:
Michael P. Gennett
Shutts & Bowen, LLP
201 S. Biscayne Blvd.
Suite 1500
Miami, FL 33131
David W. Nam, Assistant General Counsel
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive
Tallahassee, Florida
(Interoffice)
Tim Byrnes, Chief
Agency for Health Care Administration
Medicaid Program Integrity
2727 Mahan Drive
Tallahassee, Florida
(Interoffice)
(Iftteroffice)
Finance & Accounting
(Interoffice)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing has been furnished via postage-paid U.S. Mail, Inter-office
Mail, E-mail and/or Facsimile Transmission to the above named
persons dated on this - } 3 day of | tellpssib / , 2005.
Docket for Case No: 04-003460MPI