Petitioner: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Respondent: SOUTH BEACH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC
Judges: JOHN G. VAN LANINGHAM
Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Aug. 11, 2005
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, September 1, 2005.
Latest Update: Dec. 23, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA A
DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
OOS, OCT - By |
SOUTH BEACH COMMUNITY & =
HOSPITAL, LLC, S
- o
Petitioner,
‘ — Ti U
vs. CASE NO. 05-2881MPI =
Audit No.: CI 05-2883-0002
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE Provider No.: 010059500
ADMINISTRATION,
Respondent.
/
FINAL ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before me for issuance of a Final Order. In a letter dated
May 17, 2005, South Beach Community Hospital, LLC (Respondent) was
informed that the State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration
(Agency) was seeking to recoup Medicaid overpayments in the amount of
$178,811.34. The letter was sent Certified Mail, return receipt requested, to
Respondent.
The letter 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 05-2881MPI.
Case # 05-2881MPI
South Beach Community Hospital, LLC
Respondent, South Beach Community Hospital, filed a Notice of
Voluntary Dismissal of Petition for Administrative Hearing on August 31, 2005.
Subsequently, the Administrative Law Judge issued an Order Closing File on
September’ 1, 2005. The Final Agency Audit Report that was issued by the
Agency on May 17, 2005, is still in effect and the overpayment in the amount of
$178,811.34 is still owed to the Agency. Based on the foregoing:
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED THAT:
The request for a hearing is dismissed and the overpayment of
$178,811.34 is due to the Agency. Unless payment has already been made,
payment in full of $178,811.34, plus statutory interest is now due from the
respondent as a result of the agency action. Such payment shall be made in
full within 30 days of the filing of this Final Order of Dismissal With Prejudice.
The payment shall be made by check payable to Agency for Health Care
Administration, and shall be mailed to the Agency for Health Care
Administration, Office of Finance and Accounting, Attn. Jean Lombardi, 2727
Mahan Drive, Fort Knox Building 2, Mail Stop 14, Tallahassee, Florida 32308.
DONE and ORDERED on SLIT HEFL 2-6 , 2005,
in Tallahassee, Florida.
gE
¢ Agency for Health Care Administration
Case # 05-288 1MPI
South Beach Community Hospital, LLC
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:
Debora E. Fridie
Assistant General Counsel
Agency for Health Care
Administration
(Interoffice Mail)
Felicia Leborgne Nowels
Akerman Senterfitt
106 East College Avenue, Suite 1200
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
(U.S. Mail)
John G. Van Laningham
Administrative Law Judge
Division of Administrative Hearings
The DeSoto Building
1230 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060
Medicaid Program Integrity
Finance & Accounting
Case # 05-2881MPI °
South Beach Community Hospitel, LLC
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has
been furnished to the above-named addressees by U.S. Mail on
Ondber Ss , 2005.
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: 05-002881MPI
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Oct. 06, 2005 |
Final Order filed.
|
Sep. 01, 2005 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
|
Aug. 31, 2005 |
Notice of Voluntary Dismissal filed.
|
Aug. 22, 2005 |
AHCA`s First Request for Production of Documents to South Beach filed.
|
Aug. 22, 2005 |
AHCA`s Notice of Service of First Interrogatories and Expert Interrogatories to South Beach filed.
|
Aug. 18, 2005 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
|
Aug. 18, 2005 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for November 1 and 2, 2005; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
|
Aug. 16, 2005 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
|
Aug. 12, 2005 |
Initial Order.
|
Aug. 11, 2005 |
Final Agency Audit Report filed.
|
Aug. 11, 2005 |
Petition for Formal Administrative Hearing filed.
|
Aug. 11, 2005 |
Notice (of Agency referral) filed.
|