STATE OF FLORIDA

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

STATE OF FLORIDA, AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,

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AHCA

AGH.'CY CLERK

20I0 AUG 20 p 2: 2l

vs.

Petitioner,

DOAH NO: 10-2785

AHCA NO: 2010001694

RENDITION NO.: AHCA-10- q l l -5-OLC

CARETENDERS VISITING SERVICES OF ORLANDO, LLC d/b/a MEDERI CARETENDERS,

Respondent.

FINAL ORDER

Having reviewed the Notice of Intent to Impose Fine, attached hereto and incorporated herein (Exhibit 1) , and all other matters of record, the Agency for Health Care Administration ("Agency") has entered into a Settlement Agreement (Exhibit 2) 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. Respondent shall pay, within ninety (90) days of the date of rendition of this Order, the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).

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   Filed August 23, 2010 10:34 AM Division of Administrative Hearings.

   
   

   
   

3. Checks should be made payable to the "Agency for Health Care Administration." The check, along with a reference to this case number, should be sent directly to:

   Agency for Health Care Administration Office of Finance and Accounting Revenue Management Unit

   2727 Mahan Drive, MS #14

   Tallahassee, Florida 32308

   
   

4. Unpaid amounts pursuant to this Order will be subject to statutory interest and may be collected by all methods legally available.

5. The Respondent's request for an Administrative proceeding is hereby withdrawn.

6. Each party shall bear its own costs and attorney's fees.

   
   

7. The above-styled case is hereby closed.

DONE and ORDERED this ,241/ay of clu. «'          

in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.

, 2010,

Thomas W. Arnold, Secret

Agency for Health Care Administration

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:

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

method designated, on this the                of A      t -, , 2010.

Richard Shoop, Agency Cl

Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahan Drive, Building #3

Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5403

(850) 412-3630

Docket for Case No: 10-002785

Orders for Case No: 10-002785