Petitioner: MARTIN MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
Respondent: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Judges: CHARLES A. STAMPELOS
Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Feb. 05, 2007
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, March 8, 2007.
Latest Update: Nov. 14, 2024
FILED
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MARTIN MEMORIAL MEDICAL
CENTER, INC.,
Petitioner, DOAH Case No.: 07-0616CON
AHCA No. 2007000892
vs. CON No. 9944
STATE OF FLORIDA, AGENCY FOR
HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,
Respondent,
and
HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF FLORIDA,
INC, d/b/a ST. LUCIE MEDICAL CENTER
and LAWNWOOD MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
d/b/a LAWNWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL
CENTER,
Intervenors.
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FINAL ORDER
THIS CAUSE comes before the AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE
ADMINISTRATION (the "Agency") concerning Certificate of Need ("CON")
Application No. 9944, which was filed by Martin Memorial Medical Center,
Inc. (hereinafter "Martin Memorial") in the Second Batching Cycle of 2006,
requesting a CON for a new 80-bed class I acute care hospital. The
application was denied.
Thereafter, Martin Memorial timely filed a Petition for Formal
Administrative Hearing with respect to the denial, which was forwarded by
the Agency Clerk to the Division of Administrative Hearings (‘DOAH”).
On March 7, 2007, Martin Memorial filed its voluntary dismissal of the
DOAH case.
On March 8, 2007, an Order Closing File was issued by DOAH as a
result of the voluntary dismissal.
It is therefore ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
1. The voluntary dismissal by Martin Memorial and the Order
Closing Fite by DOAH are hereby acknowledged and accepted.
2. CON Application No. 9944 is hereby denied.
3. The above-styled case is hereby closed.
DONE and ORDERED this S©_ day of Augusic ;
2007, in Tallahassee, Florida.
ANDR . AGWUNOBI, 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
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:
Charles A. Stampelos
Administrative Law Judge
Division of Administrative Hearings
The DeSoto Building
1230 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060
Paul H. Amundsen, Esquire
Amundsen & Smith, P.A.
502 East Park Avenue
Post Office Drawer 1759
Tallahassee, Florida 32302
(Attorney for Martin Memorial Medical Center, Inc.)
Robert A. Weiss, Esquire
Parker, Hudson, Rainer &
Dobbs, LLP
The Perkins House, Suite 200
118 North Gadsden Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
(Attorney for Martin Memorial Medical Center, Inc.)
Stephen A. Ecenia, Esquire
Rutledge, Ecenia, Purnell &
Hoffman, P.A.
Post Office Box 551
Tallahassee, Florida 32304-0551
(Attorney for HCA Health Services of Florida, Inc.
d/b/a St. Lucie Medical Center and Lawnwood
Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a Lawnwood Regional
Medical Center)
Karin M, Byrne, Esquire
Assistant General Counsel
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, MS #3
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(By Interoffice Mail)
Elizabeth Dudek
Deputy Secretary
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Building 1, MS #9
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(By Interoffice Mail)
Janice Mills
Facilities Intake
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, MS #3
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(By Interoffice Mail)
Docket for Case No: 07-000616CON
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Aug. 10, 2007 |
Final Order filed.
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Mar. 08, 2007 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Mar. 07, 2007 |
Martin Memorial Medical Center, Inc.`s Notice of Voluntary Dismissal filed.
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Mar. 01, 2007 |
St. Lucie Medical Center and Lawnwood Regional Medical Center`s First Request for Production of Documents to Martin Memorial Medical Center, Inc. filed.
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Feb. 28, 2007 |
Order (within 7 days of this Order, parties shall file a proposed order of pre-hearing instructions).
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Feb. 28, 2007 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for July 9 through 13, 16 through 20 and 23 through 27, 2007; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
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Feb. 26, 2007 |
Response of Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and St. Lucie Medical Center to Martin Memorial Medical Center, Inc.`s Supplemental Response to Initial Order filed.
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Feb. 22, 2007 |
Notice of Telephonic Hearing to Schedule Final Hearing filed.
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Feb. 20, 2007 |
Martin Memorial Medical Center, Inc.`s Supplemental Response to Initial Order filed.
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Feb. 16, 2007 |
Intervenors` Response to Initial Order filed.
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Feb. 16, 2007 |
Martin Memorial Medical Center, Inc.`s Preliminary Response to Initial Order filed.
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Feb. 08, 2007 |
Order Granting Petition to Intervene (HCA Health Services of Florida, Inc., d/b/a St. Lucie Medical Center and Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a Lawnwood Regional Medical Center).
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Feb. 06, 2007 |
Initial Order.
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Feb. 06, 2007 |
HCA Health Services of Florida, Inc., d/b/a St. Lucie Medical Center and Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a Lawnwood Regional Medical Center`s Petition to Intervene filed.
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Feb. 05, 2007 |
Certificate of Need Decisions on Batched Applications filed.
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Feb. 05, 2007 |
Martin Memorial Medical Center, Inc.`s Petition for Formal Administrative Proceedings filed.
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Feb. 05, 2007 |
Notice (of Agency referral) filed.
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