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HCR MANOR CARE SERVICES OF FLORIDA II, INC. vs AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, 08-005980 (2008)

Court: Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Number: 08-005980 Visitors: 12
Petitioner: HCR MANOR CARE SERVICES OF FLORIDA II, INC.
Respondent: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Judges: CHARLES A. STAMPELOS
Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Dec. 02, 2008
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, March 10, 2009.

Latest Update: Aug. 13, 2009
STATE OF FLORIDA AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION 4 HCR MANOR CARE SERVICES OF FLORIDA IT, INC., Petitioner, DOAH CASE NO. 08-5980 =)», AHCA CASE NO. 2008013289 ~~ and MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-FLAGLER, INC. d/b/a FLORIDA HOSPITAL HOSPICECARE, Intervenor, vs. AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, Respondent, and HOSPICE OF LAKE & SUMTER, INC. d/b/a CORNERSTONE HOSPICE and HOSPICE OF THE COMFORTER, INC., Intervenors a FINAL ORDER CLERK 10 WWB12 ACB 13 ot THIS CAUSE comes before the AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION (the "Agency") concerning the fixed need pool for hospice programs in Hospice Service Area 7B for the second Other Beds and Services batching cycle of 2008. On October 3, 2008, the Agency published in the Florida Administrative Weekly a fixed need pool for one new hospice program in Service Area 7B. On October 20, 2008, HCR MANOR CARE SERVICES OF FLORIDA II, INC. (hereinafter “HCR”) timely submitted and the Agency accepted a letter of intent to file a certificate of need (“CON”) application in that batching cycle for Service Area 7B. On October 24, 2008, the Agency published in the Florida Administrative Weekly a revised fixed need pool for Service Area 7B reflecting zero need. . On November 3, 2008, by letter to the Agency, HCR advised the Agency of an identified error in the fixed need pool number published on October 24, 2008 in the Florida Administrative Weekly. The Agency responded on November 13, 2008 to HCR’s notification by declining to accept Petitioner’s notice of error and by declining to determine that there is a numeric need for a new hospice program in Service Area 7B. Thereafter, HCR filed a Petition for Formal Administrative Proceeding on November 14, 2008 challenging the Agency’s decision, which was forwarded by the Agency Clerk to the Division of Administrative Hearings (“DOAN”). On March 10, 2009, HCR filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of its Petition for Formal Administrative Proceeding. The Notice of Voluntary Dismissal is hereby attached as Exhibit A. | On March 10, 2009, an Order Closing File was issued by DOAH as a result of the voluntary dismissal. Order Closing File is attached hereto as Exhibit B. It is therefore ORDERED and ADJUDGED: 1. The voluntary dismissal by HCR and the Order Closing File by DOAH are hereby acknowledged and accepted. 2. The above-styled case is hereby closed. fig DONE and ORDERED this /" day of bugis? , 2009, in Tallahassee, Florida. HOLLY BENSON, 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_/Z*— day of Augis 009. 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 R. David Prescott, Esquire Stephen A. Ecenia, Esquire Rutledge, Ecenia, and Purnell, P.A. 215 South Monroe Street, Suite 420 Post Office Box 551 ~ : Tallahassee, FL 32302-0551 Attorneys for HCR Manor Care Services of Florida II, Inc. W. David Watkins, Esquire Karl D. Acuff, Esquire Watkins and Associates, PA Post Office Box 15828 Tallahassee, Florida 32317-5828 Attorneys for Hospice of Lake and Sumter, Inc. d/b/a Cornerstone Hospice Stephen K. Boone, Esquire Boone, Boone, Koda & Fook, P.A. 1001 Avenida Del Circo Post Office Box 1596 Venice, Florida 34284-1596 Attorney for Memorial Hospital-Flagler, Inc. d/b/a Florida Hospital HospiceCare Robert D. Newell, Jr., Esquire Newell, Terry & Douglas, P.A. 817 North Gadsden Street Tallahassee, Florida 32303-6313 Attorney for Hospice of the Comforter, Inc. Richard Joseph Saliba, Esquire Assistant General Counsel . Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, MS #3 Tallahassee, Florida 32308 (Interoffice Mail) Janice Mills Government Analyst II Facilities Intake Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, MS #3 Tallahassee, Florida 32308 (Interoffice Mail) & Np & & Ing, 0, O STATE OF FLORIDA Dl My DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS GUS Oe Gs ASR oe. OD RNAS yk HCR MANOR CARE SERVICES OF BA, FLORIDA II, INC. Petitioner, vs. Case No. 08-5980 AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, Respondent, and MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — FLAGLER, INC., etal., Intervenors. / NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL COMES NOW, Petitioner, HCR Manor Care Services of Florida II, Inc., through undersigned counsel, and hereby gives notice of its voluntary dismissal of its Petition For Formal Administrative Proceeding in the above-captioned cause. Geephen A. Ecenia, Esq. R. David Prescott, Esq. Rutledge, Ecenia & Purnell, P.A. 119 South Monroe Street, Suite 202 Post Office Box 551 Tallahassee, Florida 32302-0551 (850) 681-6788 (850) 681-6515 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR HCR MANOR CARE SERVICES OF FLORIDA II, INC. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been served by Email Transmission and by U.S. Mail to the following: Robert D. Newell, Jr., Esq., Newell, Terry & Douglas, P.A., 817 North Gadsden Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32303-6313; Stephen K. Boone, Esq., Boone, Boone, Boone, Koda & Frook, P.A., 1001 Avenida del Circo, Venice, Florida 34284; Richard Saliba, Esq., Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, Tallahassee, Florida 32308; and W. David Watkins, Esq. and Karl David Acuff, Esq., Watkins & Associates, P.A., 3051 Highland Oaks Terrace, Suite D, P.O. Box 15828, Tallahassee, Florida 32317-5828 this WZ Zaay of March, 2009. Mther Attorney F:\USERS\DA VID \Heartland7B\dismissal-notice

Docket for Case No: 08-005980
Issue Date Proceedings
Aug. 13, 2009 Final Order filed.
Mar. 10, 2009 Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
Mar. 10, 2009 Notice of Voluntary Dismissal filed.
Mar. 02, 2009 HCR Manor Care Services of Florida II, Inc.`s Preliminary Witness List filed.
Mar. 02, 2009 Agency for Health Care Preliminary Witness List filed.
Mar. 02, 2009 Hospice of Lake and Sumter, Inc. d/b/a Cornerstone Hospice`s Preliminary Witness List filed.
Mar. 02, 2009 Memorial Hospital - Flagler, Inc. d/b/a Florida Hospital Hospicecare`s Preliminary Witness List filed.
Feb. 27, 2009 Hospice of the Comforter, Inc.`s Preliminary Witness List filed.
Feb. 24, 2009 Hospice of the Comforter, Inc.`s Notice of Service of Answers to HCR Manor Care Services of Florida II, Inc.`s First Set of Interrogatories filed.
Feb. 24, 2009 Hospice of the Comforter, Inc.`s Response to HCR Manor Care Services of Florida II, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents filed.
Feb. 13, 2009 Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
Feb. 11, 2009 (Proposed) Order of Pre-hearing Instructions filed.
Feb. 11, 2009 Notice of Filing Proposed Order of Prehearing Instructions filed.
Jan. 29, 2009 Notice of Hearing (hearing set for April 28 through 30, 2009; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
Jan. 29, 2009 Order (on or before February 12, 2009, parties shall file a proposed order of pre-hearing instructions).
Jan. 28, 2009 Joint Response to Initial Order and Motion to Bifuricate Proceeding with Partial Abeyance filed.
Jan. 16, 2009 HCR Manor Care Services of Florida II, Inc.`s First Request for Production of Documents to Hospice of the Comforter, Inc. filed.
Jan. 16, 2009 HCR Manor Care Services of Florida II, Inc.`s Notice of Service of First Set of Interrogatories to Hospice of the Comforter, Inc. filed.
Dec. 29, 2008 Order (Hospice of the Comforter, Inc. is granted Intervenor status).
Dec. 24, 2008 Hospice of the Comforter, Inc.`s Petition to Intervene filed.
Dec. 18, 2008 Order (petition to intervene is granted subject go allegations in Cornerstone`s petition and evidence that may be offered in support should be considered in light of the nature of the proceeding).
Dec. 17, 2008 Cornerstone Hospice`s Authorized Reply to the Response in Opposition to its Petition to Intervene filed.
Dec. 12, 2008 Joint Response in Opposition to Cornerstone Hospice`s Petition to Intervene filed.
Dec. 09, 2008 Notice of Litigation to Hospice of the Conforter and Opportunity to Join the Proceeding as an Interested Party filed.
Dec. 09, 2008 Order (on or before December 12, 2008, Petitioner and Memorial shall file responses to the Petition to Intervene filed on behalf of Hospice of Lake & Sumter, Inc, d/b/a Cornerstone Hospice).
Dec. 08, 2008 CASE STATUS: Pre-Hearing Conference Held.
Dec. 08, 2008 Cornerstone Hospice`s Petition to Intervene filed.
Dec. 05, 2008 Notice of Telephonic Hearing for Case Scheduling Conference filed.
Dec. 03, 2008 Initial Order.
Dec. 02, 2008 Memorial Hospital-Flagler, Inc., d/b/a Florida Hospital Hospicecare Petition to Intervene filed.
Dec. 02, 2008 Denial of Further Revision to the Fixed Need Pool filed.
Dec. 02, 2008 Letter of Intent filed.
Dec. 02, 2008 Notice of Hospice Program Fixed Need Pool filed.
Dec. 02, 2008 Notice of Appearance (filed by R. Prescott).
Dec. 02, 2008 Petition for Formal Administrative Proceeding filed.
Dec. 02, 2008 Notice (of Agency referral) filed.

Orders for Case No: 08-005980
Issue Date Document Summary
Aug. 10, 2009 Agency Final Order
Source:  Florida - Division of Administrative Hearings

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