Petitioner: CARE FORCE, INC.
Respondent: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Judges: CLAUDE B. ARRINGTON
Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration
Locations: Miami, Florida
Filed: Oct. 28, 2008
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, December 16, 2008.
Latest Update: Dec. 26, 2024
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CARE FORCE, INC.,
Petitioner,
v. AHCA No.: 2008012578
DOAH No.: 08-5981
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HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,
Respondent.
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CARE FORCE, INC.,
Petitioner,
v. AHCA No.: 2008012892
DOAH No.: 08-6216
STATE OF FLORIDA, AGENCY FOR an. ron no.s anca-oo- [5 -s-01c
HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,
Respondent.
FINAL ORDER
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Having reviewed the Notice of Intent to Deem Application Income &
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and Withdrawn from Further Review dated October 3, 2008 hin Vy,
2008011365; DOAH No.: 08-5412] (Exhibit 1), attached peretiee “9
incorporated herein; Notice of Intent to Impose Fine [AHCA No...
2008012578; DOAH No.: 08-5981] dated November 7, 2008 (Exhibit 2),
attached hereto and incorporated herein; Notice of Intent to Deny [AHCA
0.: 2008012892; DOAH No.: 08-6216] dated November 20, 2008 (Exhibit
3), attached hereto and incorporated herein; and all other matters of record,
the Agency for Health Care Administration (“Agency”) has entered into a
Settlement Agreement (Exhibit 4) with the parties to these proceedings, and
being otherwise well-advised in the premises, finds and concludes as
follows:
ORDERED:
1. The attached Settlement Agreement is approved and adopted as
part of this Final Order, and the parties are directed to comply with the
terms of the Settlement Agreement.
2. Upon full execution of this Agreement, the parties agree to the
following:
a. Care Force, Inc. shall remit to the Agency, within five (5)
days of the entry of a Final Order adopting this Agreement, an
administrative fine in the amount of $40,000.00.
b. The Notice of Intent to Deem Application Incomplete and
Withdrawn from Further Review dated October 3, 2008 [AHCA No.:
2008011365; DOAH No.: 08-5412] is deemed superseded by this
Agreement.
Cc. The Notice of Intent to Impose Fine dated November 7,
2008 [AHCA No.: 2008012578; DOAH No.: 08-5981] is deemed superseded
by this Agreement.
d. Notice of Intent to Deny application for change of
ownership dated November 20, 2008 [AHCA No.: 2008012892; DOAH No.:
08-6216] is deem superseded by this Agreement.
e. The Petitioner and the Agency shall submit a Joint
Stipulation for Order of Dismissal with Prejudice of Case No. 08-63858 CA
32 of the Civil Division in the 11" Judicial Circuit Court within five (5) days
of the entry of the Final Order adopting this Agreement. The Joint
Stipulation and Order of Dismissal shall dissolve the Injunction and provide
that each party shall bear its own attorney’s fees and court costs.
f. Petitioner agrees to surrender its current license [License
No.: 21468096] when the Agency issues Petitioner its new license.
g. Petitioner’s requests for formal administrative proceedings
are withdrawn in AHCA case numbers 2008011365, 2008012578, and
2008012892.
h. Upon the full execution of this Agreement, the Agency
shall begin processing Petitioner’s initial application for a home health
agency license.
i. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Agency from
denying Petitioner’s initial application for licensure based upon any statutory
and/or regulatory provision, including, but not limited to, the failure of
Petitioner to satisfactorily complete a survey reflecting compliance with all
statutory and rule provisions as required by law.
3. Each party shall bear its own costs and attorney’s fees.
4. The above-styled cases are hereby closed.
DONE and ORDERED this _// day of AAaecA_/_, 2008,
in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.
Holly Bengon, Secretary i
Agency for\Health Care Administratio
A PARTY WHO IS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS FINAL ORDER IS ENTITLED
TO 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 OF 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:
Christopher A. Parrella, JD, CHC, CPC
Representative for Petitioner
The Health Law Offices of Anthony C.
Vitale,
2333 Brickell Avenue
Suite A-1
Miami, Florida 33129
(U. S. Mail)
Lourdes A. Naranjo, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel
Agency for Health Care
Administration
8350 N. W. 52 Terrace —- Suite 103
Miami, Florida 33166
(Interoffice Mail)
Catherine Hite, P.A.
Attorney for Plaintiffs
M. Catherine Hite, Esq.
799 Brickell Plaza
Suite 700
Miami, Florida 33131
(U.S. Mail)
Elizabeth Dudek
Deputy Secretary
Agency for Health Care
Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Bldg #1, MS #9
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(Interoffice Mail)
Finance & Accounting
Agency for Health Care
Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, MS #14
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(Interoffice Mail)
Catherine Hite, P.A.
M. Catherine Hite, Esq.
Attorney for Plaintiffs
Care Force, Inc., Carlos Cruz and
Divinia Cruz
799 Brickell Plaza
Suite 700
Miami, Florida 33131
(U.S. Mail)
Jan Mills | :
Agency for Health Care
Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Bldg #3, MS #3
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(interoffice Mail)
Administrative Law Judge
Division of Administrative Hearings
1230 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
(U.S. Mail)
Anne Menard
Manager
Agency for Health Care
Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Bldg #3, MS #3
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(interoffice Mail)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of this Final Order was
served on the above-named person(s) and entities by U.S. Mail, or the
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method designated, on this the [Z day of Lorch , 2009.
Richard J. Shoop
Agency Clerk
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Building #3
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(850) 922-5873
Docket for Case No: 08-005412
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Mar. 13, 2009 |
Final Order filed.
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Dec. 16, 2008 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Dec. 15, 2008 |
Agreed Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction filed.
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Dec. 10, 2008 |
Notice of Service of Petitioner`s Response to Respondent`s First Request for Admission filed.
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Dec. 09, 2008 |
Notice of Service and Petitioner`s Second Request for Production to Respondent filed.
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Dec. 01, 2008 |
Notice of Service of Agency`s Request for Production filed.
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Dec. 01, 2008 |
Notice of Service of Respondent`s Second Request for Admissions filed.
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Dec. 01, 2008 |
Notice of Service of Respondent`s First Set of Interrogatories filed.
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Nov. 19, 2008 |
Notice of Service and Petitioner`s First Request for Production to Respondent filed.
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Nov. 18, 2008 |
Notice of Service and Petitioner`s First Requet for Production to Respondent filed.
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Nov. 18, 2008 |
Notice of Service and Petitioner`s First Set of Interrogatories to Respondent filed.
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Nov. 18, 2008 |
Notice of Service and Petitioner`s Request for Admissions to Respondent filed.
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Nov. 18, 2008 |
Notice of Service of Respondent`s First Set of Request for Admissions filed.
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Nov. 06, 2008 |
Order Directing Filing of Exhibits.
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Nov. 06, 2008 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Nov. 06, 2008 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for January 14, 2009; 9:00 a.m.; Miami and Tallahassee, FL).
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Nov. 06, 2008 |
Response to Initial Order filed.
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Nov. 05, 2008 |
Unilateral Response to Initial Order filed.
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Oct. 29, 2008 |
Initial Order.
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Oct. 28, 2008 |
Notice of Intent to Deem Application Incomplete and Withdrawn from Further Review filed.
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Oct. 28, 2008 |
Order of Dismissal without Prejudice Pursuant to Section 120.569(2)(c), Florida Statutes to Allow for Amendment and Resubmission of Petition filed.
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Oct. 28, 2008 |
Order Withdrawing Order of Dismissal without Prejudice filed.
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Oct. 28, 2008 |
Renewal Application Omission filed.
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Oct. 28, 2008 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Oct. 28, 2008 |
Petitioner Care Force, Inc.`s Petition for Formal Hearing Pursuant to Chapter 120.57(1), Florida Statutes filed.
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Oct. 28, 2008 |
Notice (of Agency referral) filed.
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