STATE OF FLORIDA

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

THE VILLAGES TRI-COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, INC. d/b/a THE VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL,

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AHCA

AGENCY CLERK

2014 APR t b P I: lql

vs.

Petitioner,

DOAH CASE NO. AHCA CASE NO. CON NO.:

14-0122CON

2014000105

10197

STATE OF FLORIDA, AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,

Respondent.

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FINAL ORDER

THIS CAUSE comes before the Agency For Health Care Administration (the "Agency") concerning Certificate of Need ("CON") Application No. 10197 to establish a 30-bed adult comprehensive medical rehabilitation unit that was filed by The Villages Tri-County Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a The Villages Regional Hospital ("The Villages"), and CON Application No. 10196 to establish a 50-bed comprehensive medical rehabilitation hospital that was filed by Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Sumter/Lake County, LLC ("Healthsouth") in the Second Batching Cycle of 2013. The Agency preliminarily denied both of applications.

Thereafter, The Villages and Healthsouth timely filed Petitions for Formal Administrative

Hearing with respect to their respective denials of CON Application No. 10197, DOAH Case No. 14-0122CON, and CON Application No. 10196, DOAH Case No. 14-0124CON, which the Agency Clerk forwarded to the Division of Administrative Hearings ("DOAH"). The Villages filed a Motion to Consolidate the two cases, which was granted. Thereafter, The Villages filed a Notice of Voluntary Withdrawal and the DOAH issued an Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction as a result of the voluntary dismissal.

Filed April 17, 2014 3:14 PM Division of Administrative Hearings

It is therefore ORDERED:

1. The denial of CON Application 10197 is UPHELD. This Final Order does not affect the remaining action.

ORDERED in Tallahassee, Florida, on this J/e day of_-" _(,7,,1)--/-1\1--,J'.d. =-------' 2014.

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 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.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Final Order has been furnished by U.S. Mail or electronic mail to the persons named below on this/6

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Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #3

Tallahassee, Florida 32308

(850) 412-3630

Elizabeth W. McArthur Administrative Law Judge

Division of Administrative Hearings (Electronic Mail)

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R. Terry Rigsby, Esquire Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Post Office Box 10095 Tallahassee, Florida 32302-2095

Attorneys for Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Sumter/Lake County, LLC (U.S. Mail)

Susan L. St. John, Esquire St. John Law Firm, P.L. Post Office Box 13545 Tallahassee, Florida 32317

Attorney for the Villages Regional Hospital (U.S. Mail)

Richard Joseph Saliba, Esquire Assistant General Counsel

Agency for Health Care Administration (Electronic Mail)

Janice Mills Facilities Intake Unit

Agency for Health Care Administration (Electronic Mail)

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Docket for Case No: 14-000122CON

Orders for Case No: 14-000122CON