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HCR MANOR CARE SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC. vs VITAS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION OF FLORIDA AND AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, 07-001653CON (2007)

Court: Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Number: 07-001653CON Visitors: 3
Petitioner: HCR MANOR CARE SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC.
Respondent: VITAS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION OF FLORIDA AND AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Judges: CHARLES A. STAMPELOS
Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Apr. 11, 2007
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, May 31, 2007.

Latest Update: Jul. 04, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION * We FES -2 A HCR MANOR CARE SERVICES 2 FE: OF FLORIDA, INC. Petitioner, DOAH Case No. 07-1653CON vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, AGENCY FOR HEALTH VITAS H FLORIDA Res FRAES No. 2007003712 CON No. 9966 ARE ADMINISTRATION and ALTHCARE CORPORATION OF f pondents. | FINAL ORDER THIS CAUSE comes before the AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION (the “Agency") concerning Certificate of Need ("CON") Application No. 9966, which was filed by HCR MANOR CARE SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC. (hereinafter "HCR”) in the Second Batching Cycle of 2006, requesting a CON to establish a hospice program. The application was denied. Ther Hearing w to the Divi eafter, HCR timely filed a Petition for Formal Administrative th respect to the denial, which was forwarded by the Agency Clerk sion of Administrative Hearings (“DOAH”). On May 31, 2007, HCR filed its voluntary dismissal of the DOAH case. On May 31, 2007, an Order Closing File was issued by DOAH as a result of the voluntary dismissal. It is 1. DOAH are 2. 3. therefore ORDERED and ADJUDGED: The voluntary dismissal by HCR and the Order Closing File by hereby acknowledged and accepted. CON Application No. 9966 is hereby denied. The above-styled case is hereby closed. DONE and ORDERED this _@ day of Feborvary , 2008, in Tallahassee, Florida. A PARTY ENTITLE FILING T ANDREW C. AGWUNOBI, M.D., Secretary. AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW WHO IS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS FINAL ORDER IS TO JUDICIAL REVIEW, WHICH SHALL BE INSTITUTED BY E ORIGINAL NOTICE OF APPEAL WITH THE AGENCY CLERK OF AHCA) AND A COPY ALONG WITH THE FILING FEE PRESCRIBED BY LAW DISTRIC ITH THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL IN THE APPELLATE 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 Gay of _Feparcrss, 2008 a al ; + ag 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 Aah Law Judge Division of Administrative Hearings The reels Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060 Mark A. Emanuele, Esquire Amy S. Towle, Esquire Panza, Maurer, & Maynard, P.A. Bank of America Building, Third Floor 3600 North Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308 Attorneys/for Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc. Robert D.|Newell, Jr., Esquire Newell, Terry & Douglas P.A. 817 North Gadsden Street Tallahassee, Florida 32303-6313 Attorney for Hospice of Naples, Inc. Karl D. Acuff, Esquire Watkins & Associates, P. A. Post Office Box 15828 Tallahassee, Florida 32317-5828 Attorneys |for Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc. WwW, DAC, Ea Esquire J. Robert ae Esquire J. Robert Griffin, P.A. 1342 Timberlane Road, Suite 102-A Tallahasse@e, Florida 32312-1762 Attorney for Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc. R. David Rrescott, Esquire Stephen A. Ecenia, Esquire Rutledge, Ecenia, Purnell & Hoffman, P.A. Post Office Box 551 Tallahassee, Florida 32302-0551 Attorneys /for HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc. Geoffrey D. Smith, Esquire Susan C. Smith, Esquire Smith and Associates 2873 Remington Green Circle Tallahassee, Florida 32308 Attorneys for VITAS Healthcare Corporation of Florida Karin M. Byrne, Esquire Assistant General Counsel Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahon 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: 07-001653CON
Issue Date Proceedings
Feb. 11, 2008 Final Order filed.
May 31, 2007 Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
May 31, 2007 CASE STATUS: Motion Hearing Held.
May 31, 2007 HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.`s Notice of Voluntary Dismissal filed.
May 30, 2007 Motion for Protective Order filed.
May 30, 2007 Notice of Telephonic Hearing (May 31, 2007, at 9:00 a.m.) filed.
May 30, 2007 Notice of Service of Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s Response to Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Central Florida`s First Request for Production of Documents filed.
May 30, 2007 Notice of Service of Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s Response to Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents filed.
May 29, 2007 Notice of Service of Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s Response to HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents filed.
May 29, 2007 Order (Motion for Protective Order filed by Vitas Healthcare is granted based in part on counsel`s representations as to the unavailability of counsel to attend some or all of the depositions.
May 29, 2007 Amended Notice of Hearing (hearing set for August 13 through 17, 20 through 24 and 27 through 31, 2007; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL; amended as to dates).
May 29, 2007 CASE STATUS: Motion Hearing Held.
May 25, 2007 Transcript filed.
May 25, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s Response to Vitas Healthcare Corporation`s Motion for Protection Order filed.
May 25, 2007 Amended Notice of Telephonic Hearing Correcting Date of Hearing and Clarifying Telephone Dial-In Number filed.
May 25, 2007 Vitas` Second Request to Produce to Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc. f/k/a Hope of Southwest Florida, Inc. (filed under case no. 07-1264CON) filed.
May 25, 2007 Notice of Telephonic Pre-Hearing Conference filed.
May 25, 2007 Notice of Telephonic Hearing filed.
May 24, 2007 Motion for Protective Order filed.
May 24, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s Notice of Service of Answers (Unexecuted) to the First Interrogatories from Odyssey HEalthcare of Collier County, Inc. filed.
May 23, 2007 Notice of Service of the Agency for Health Care Administration`s Responses to Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s First Request for Admissions filed.
May 23, 2007 Vitas` Responses to Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents filed.
May 23, 2007 Vitas` Notice of Serving Answers to Odyssey`s First Interrogatories (Unexecuted) filed.
May 23, 2007 Notice of Service of the Agency for Healthcare Administration`s Responses to Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s First Set of Interrogatories filed.
May 23, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s Answers to the First Request for Production from Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc. filed.
May 22, 2007 Notice of Service Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s Response to Hope Hospice and Community Service, Inc.`s First Set of Interrogatories filed.
May 21, 2007 Notice of Service of HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.`s Answers to Hope Hospice and Community Services Inc.`s First Interrogatories filed.
May 21, 2007 HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.`s Responses to Hope of Southwest Florida, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents filed.
May 21, 2007 Vitas` Responses to HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents filed.
May 21, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s Notice of Service of Answers (unexecuted) to the First Interrogatories from Hospice of Naples, Inc. filed.
May 21, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s Answers to the First Request for Production from Hospice of Naples, Inc. filed.
May 21, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s Answers to the First Request for Production from HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc. filed.
May 18, 2007 Vitas` Notice of Serving Answers to Hope Hospice`s First Interrogatories (Unexecuted) filed.
May 18, 2007 Vitas` Responses to Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc. f/k/a Hope of Southwest Florida, Inc.`s First Requests for Production of Documents filed.
May 18, 2007 Hospice of Naples, Inc.`s Notice of Service of Answers to Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s First Set of Interrogatories to Hospice of Naples filed.
May 18, 2007 Hospice of Naples, Inc.`s Response to Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents filed.
May 18, 2007 Hope`s Notice of Taking Depositions (VITAS Healthcare Corp., Odyssey Healthcare, HCR Manor Care) filed.
May 17, 2007 HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.`s Responses to Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida`s First Request for Production of Documents filed.
May 17, 2007 Notice of Service of HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.`s Answers to Vitas` First Interrogatories filed.
May 17, 2007 Hope Hospice of Collier County, INC.`s Notice of Service of Answers (Unexecuted) to the First Interrogatoriesfrom Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida filed.
May 17, 2007 Hope`s Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum filed.
May 17, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s Answers to the First Request for Production from Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida, Inc. filed.
May 17, 2007 Amended Notice of Taking Depositions Duces Tecum filed.
May 16, 2007 Hopes`s Response to HoN`s Duces Tecum Request filed.
May 14, 2007 (Hope`s) Cross Notice of Taking Depositions Duces Tecum filed.
May 14, 2007 Cross Notice of Taking Depositions Duces Tecum filed.
May 11, 2007 Order (Hope`s Motion for Protective Order regarding the production of documents referred to in HON`s Notice is granted in part).
May 11, 2007 CASE STATUS: Motion Hearing Held.
May 10, 2007 Hospice of Naples` Motion to Quash Hope`s Second Amended Notice of Taking Deposition filed.
May 10, 2007 Hospice of Naples, Inc.`s Response to Hope`s Motion for Protective Order filed.
May 09, 2007 Motion for an Enlargement of Time to File Response to Hope of Southwest Florida, Inc.`s First Set of Interrogatories filed.
May 09, 2007 Hope`s Second Amended Notice of Taking Depositions filed.
May 08, 2007 Notice of Telephonic Hearing filed.
May 07, 2007 Hope`s Amended Notice of Taking Depositions filed.
May 04, 2007 Cross Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum filed.
May 04, 2007 Vistas` Second Request to Produce to Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc., f/k/a Hope of Southwest Florida, Inc. filed.
May 04, 2007 Vistas` Second Request to Produce to Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc. filed.
May 04, 2007 Notice of Unavailability filed.
May 04, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s Motion for Protective Order filed.
May 04, 2007 Hope`s Notice of Taking Depositions filed.
May 04, 2007 Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum filed.
May 04, 2007 Vitas` Second Request to Produce to HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc. filed.
May 04, 2007 Notice of Unavailability filed.
May 04, 2007 Vitas` Cross Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum filed.
May 03, 2007 CASE STATUS: Pre-Hearing Conference Held.
Apr. 27, 2007 Notice of Telephonic Pre-hearing Conference filed.
Apr. 25, 2007 Notice of Service of Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s First Set of Interrogatories to Hospice of Naples, Inc. filed.
Apr. 25, 2007 Notice of Service of Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents to Hospice of Naples, Inc. filed.
Apr. 25, 2007 Notice of Service of Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s First Set of Interrogatories to Agency for Healthcare Administration filed.
Apr. 25, 2007 Notice of Service of Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents to Vista Healthcare Corporation of Florida filed.
Apr. 25, 2007 Notice of Service of Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents to Hope of Southwest Florida, Inc. filed.
Apr. 25, 2007 Notice of Service of Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s First Request for Admissions to the Agency for Healthcare Administrative filed.
Apr. 25, 2007 Notice of Service of Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents to HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc. filed.
Apr. 25, 2007 Notice of Service of Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s First Set of Interrogatories to HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc., filed.
Apr. 25, 2007 Notice of Service of Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.`s First Set of Interrogatories to Hope of Southwest Florida, Inc., filed.
Apr. 24, 2007 Notice of Appearance and Substitution of Counsel (filed by K. Byrne).
Apr. 20, 2007 Notice of Taking Depositions Duces Tecum filed.
Apr. 20, 2007 HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents to Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida, Inc. filed.
Apr. 20, 2007 HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents to Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc. filed.
Apr. 20, 2007 HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents to Hope of Southwest Florida, Inc. filed.
Apr. 19, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s First Requests for Production of Documents to Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc. filed.
Apr. 19, 2007 Hospice of Naples, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents to Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc. filed.
Apr. 19, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s First Requests for Production of Documents to HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc. filed.
Apr. 19, 2007 Notice of Service of Hospice of Naples, Inc.`s First Set of Interrogatories to Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc filed.
Apr. 19, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Setvices, Inc.`s Notice of Service of Interrogatories to HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc. filed.
Apr. 19, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s Notice of Service of Interrogatories to Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc. filed.
Apr. 18, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s Notice of Service of Interrogatories to Hospice of Naples, Inc. filed.
Apr. 18, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents to Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida, Inc. filed.
Apr. 18, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents to Hospice of Naples, Inc. filed.
Apr. 18, 2007 Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc.`s Notice of Service of Interrogatories to Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida filed.
Apr. 17, 2007 Vitas` Notice of Serving First Interrogatories to Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc., filed.
Apr. 17, 2007 Vitas` Notice of Serving First Interrogatories to HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc., filed.
Apr. 17, 2007 Vitas` First Request to Produce to HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc., filed.
Apr. 17, 2007 Vitas` First Request to Produce to Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc. f/k/a Hope of Southwest Florida, Inc., filed.
Apr. 17, 2007 Vitas` Notice of Serving First Interrogatories to Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc., filed.
Apr. 17, 2007 Vitas` First Request to Produce to Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc., filed.
Apr. 17, 2007 Vitas` First Request for Production of Documents to Hospice of Naples, Inc. filed.
Apr. 17, 2007 Vitas` Notice of Service First Interrogatories to Hospice of Naples, Inc. filed.
Apr. 17, 2007 Notice of Hearing (hearing set for August 6 through 10, 13 through 17 and 20 through 24, 2007; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
Apr. 17, 2007 Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
Apr. 17, 2007 Order of Consolidation (DOAH Case Nos. 07-1264CON, 07-1653CON, 07-1654CON, 07-1655CON, and 07-1656CON).
Apr. 12, 2007 Initial Order.
Apr. 11, 2007 Notice of Related Petitions (DOAH Case Nos. 07-1653CON, 07-1654, 07-1655, and 07-1656) filed.
Apr. 11, 2007 Certificate of Need Decisions on Batche Applications filed.
Apr. 11, 2007 Petition for Formal Administrative Proceeding filed.
Apr. 11, 2007 Notice (of Agency referral) filed.
CASE STATUS: Motion Hearing Held.
CASE STATUS: Motion Hearing Held.
Source:  Florida - Division of Administrative Hearings

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