Petitioner: SIGNAL MUTUAL INDEMNITY ASSOCIATION, LTD., AND INTEGRA GROUP, INC.
Respondent: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Judges: BARBARA J. STAROS
Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Apr. 18, 2008
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, May 1, 2008.
Latest Update: Dec. 24, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA
-AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION 4&:
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SIGNAL MUTUAL INDEMNITY OPYISION CF
ASSOCIATION, LTD., and ADMINISTRATIVE
INTEGRA GROUP, INC., HEARINGS
Petitioners, DOAH CASE NO. 08-1993
: : AHCA NO. 2008004807
v. DETERMINATION NO. 20071210-003
STATE OF FLORIDA, AGENCY FOR
HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,
Respondent.
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FINAL ORDER
THIS CAUSE concerns a Petition for Administrative Hearing (“Petition”) that the
Petitioners filed on April 14, 2008.
On April 18, 2008, the Petition was forwarded to the Division of Administrative Hearings
by the Agency and assigned to an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”).
On April 23, 2008, the Petitioners and Respondent filed a Joint Settlement Stipulation
and Agreed Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction, stating that AHCA lacks jurisdiction over the
reimbursement dispute.
On May 1, 2008, the ALJ assigned to the case entered an Order Closing File,
relinquishing jurisdiction back to the Agency. Based upon the foregoing,
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED THAT:
The Petitioners’ Petition is dismissed, because the injured employee was subject to the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. Shands Jacksonville should seek remedy
for determination of disputed reimbursement from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment
Standards Administration, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Department of
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 400 West Bay Street, Jacksonville, Florida
32202. This matter is hereby closed. The parties shall govern themselves accordingly.
DONE and ORDERED this 27 ker of Gee , 2008, in Tallahassee,
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AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Florida.
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
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furnished by U.S. or interoffice mail to the persons named below on this vO day of
ere _, 2008.
RICHARD J. SHOOP, Agency Clerk
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, MS #3
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(850) 922-5873
COPIES FURNISHED TO:
Honorable Barbara J. Staros
Administrative Law Judge
Division of Administrative Hearings
The DeSoto Building
1230 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060
James W. McCready, IIT, Esquire
Seipp & Flick, LLP
Two Alhambra Plaza, Suite 800
Miami, Florida 33134
Mari H. McCully, Esquire
Department of Financial Services
Division of Worker’s Compensation
200 East Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4229
Shands Jacksonville c/o Keisha McBride
Post Office Box 862385
Orlando, Florida 32886-3285
Jan Mills
Facilities Intake
Elizabeth Dudek
Health Quality Assurance
Docket for Case No: 08-001993