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