STATE OF FLORIDA

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF SUMTER/LAKE COUNTY, LLC,

AHCA

AGENCY CLERK

2014 JUL I O P 12: 3

vs.

Petitioner,

DOAH CASE NO. 14-0124CON AHCA CASE NO. 2014000103 CON NO. 10196

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. 10196, which was filed by Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Sumter/Lake County, LLC ("Healthsouth") in the second batching cycle of 2013, and preliminarily denied by the Agency.

1. On December 30, 2013, HealthSouth filed a Petition for Formal Administrative Proceeding contesting the Agency's preliminary denial to establish a 50-bed comprehensive medical rehabilitation hospital, which was forwarded to the Division of Administrative Hearings ("DOAH").

2. On March 24, 2014, Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Inc. ("Leesburg") filed a Petitioner to Intervene supporting the Agency's denial of HealthSouth's CON application.

3. On March 28, 2014, DOAH entered an Order Granting Petition to Intervene.

   
   

4. On June 19, 2014, HealthSouth filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal.

It is therefore ORDERED:

1. The denial of CON Application 10196 is UPHELD.

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Filed July 14, 2014 10:32 AM Division of Administrative Hearings

ORDERED in Tallahassee, Florida, on this _./1?_ day of                       , 2014.

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Agency th Care Administration

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW

A party that is adversely affected by this Final Order is entitled to seek 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 ofrendition of the order to be reviewed.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Final Q$ has been furnished by U,S. Mail or interoffice mail to the persons named below on this 1t2 1

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Richard J. Shoop, Agency Clerk Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #3

Tallahassee, Florida 32308

(850) 413-3630

Copies Furnished to:

Elizabeth W. McArthur

Administrative Law Judge

Division of Administrative Hearings

( Electronic Mail)

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R. Terry Rigsby, Esquire Brian A. Newman, Esquire Pennington, P.A.

215 South Monroe Street, 2nd Floor Post Office Drawer 10095 Tallahassee, Florida 32302

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

Robert A. Weiss, Esquire Karen Ann Putnal, Esquire Moyle Law Firm, P.A.

118 North Gadsden Street Tallahassee, Florida 32301

Attorney for Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Inc. (U.S. Mail)

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

Attorney for Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Inc. (U.S. Mail)

Richard Joseph Saliba Assistant General Counsel

Agency for Health Care Administration (Electronic Mail)

Facilities Intake

Agency for Health Care Administration (Electronic Mail)

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Docket for Case No: 14-000124CON

Orders for Case No: 14-000124CON