STATE OF FLORIDA AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION HEARTLAND SERVICES OF -TONB FES ~ | FLORIDA, INC., Petitioner, DOAH Case No. 06-3758CON AHCA No. 2006008715 CON No. 9929 vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION and CATHOLIC HOSPICE, INC., Respondents. FINAL ORDER THIS CAUSE comes before the AGENCY | FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION (the “Agency") concerning Certificate of Need ("CON") Application No. 9929, filed by HEARTLAND SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC. (hereinafter "Heartland") in the First Batching Cycle of 2006, requesting a CON to establish a hospice program, which application was denied. Thereafter, Heartland timely filed at the Division of Administrative Hearings ("DOAH") a Petition for Administrative Hearing with respect to the denial. On March 13, 2007, Heartland filed its voluntary dismissal of the DOAH case. . On March 15, 2007, an Order Closing File was issued by DOAH as a result of the voluntary dismissal. orl an ERA Pi: $3. It is therefore ORDERED and ADJUDGED: 1. The voluntary dismissal by Heartland and the Order Closing File by DOAH are hereby acknowledged and accepted. 2. CON Application No. 9929 is hereby denied. 3. The above-styled case is hereby closed. DONE and ORDERED this 30” day of Danser , 2008, in Tallahassee, Florida. ANDREW C. WUNOBI, M.D., Secretary AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW 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. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Final Order has been furnished by U.S. or interoffice mail to the persons named below on this _/” " day of febesng,< , 2008. RICHARD J, SHOOP, Agency Clerk Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #3 Tallahassee, Florida 32308 (850) 922-5873 COPIES FURNISHED TO: David M. Maloney Administrative Law Judge Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060 Stephen A. Ecenia, Esquire R. David Prescott, Esquire Rutledge, Ecenia, Purnell & Hoffman, P.A. Post Office Box 551 Tallahassee, Florida 32302-1551 Attorneys for Heartland Services of Florida, Inc. Paul H. Amundsen, Esquire Julia E. Smith, Esquire Amundsen & Smith, P.A. Post Office Drawer 1759 Tallahassee, Florida 32302 Attorneys for Catholic Hospice, Inc. Michael E. Riley, Esquire Gray, Robinson, P.A. Post Office Box 11189 Tallahassee, Florida 32302-3189 Attorney for North Broward Hospital District d/b/a Hospice of Gold Coast Home Health Services Mark A. Emanuele, Esquire Lisa M. Szulgit, Esquire Panza, Maurer, & Maynard, P.A. Bank of America Building, Third Floor 3600 North Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308 Attorney for Hospice of the Palm Coast, Inc. Sandra E. Allen, Esquire Assistant General Counsel Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, MS #3 Tallahassee, Florida 32308 (Interoffice Mail) Elizabeth Dudek Deputy Secretary Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 1, MS #9 Tallahassee, Florida 32308 (Interoffice Mail) Janice Mills Facilities Intake Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, MS #3 Tallahassee, Florida 32308 (Interoffice Mail)

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