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11-003635CON Tenet St. Mary&Apos;S, Inc., D/B/A St. Mary&Apos;S Medical Center vs. Agency For Health Care Administration And Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital Of Martin County, Llc
 Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Wednesday, September 7, 2011.

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1HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION

3HOSPITAL OF MARTIN COUNTY, LLC

8Petitioner, DOAH CASE NO.: 11 - 3848

15AHCA CASE NO.: 2011008374

19VS. CON NOS.: 10117 & 10118

25STATE OF FLORIDA, AGENCY FOR

30HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,

33Respondent.

34FINAL ORDER

36THIS CAUSE comes before the AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE

45ADMINISTRATION ( the " Agency ") regarding Certificate of Need ( " CON ") CON

58Application No. 10117. This matter concerned the establishment of a 24 - bed

71comprehensive medical rehabilitation program for which the Agency issued a

81notice of preliminary intent to deny. This matter also concerned Application

92No. 10118, which proposed the establishment of a 34 - bed comprehensive

104medical rehabilitation hospital which the Agency had preliminarily approved

113as submitted by Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Martin County, LLC.

123On July 22, 2011, JFK Medical Center Limited Partnership d / b / a JFK

138Medical Center ( " JFK ") filed a Petition for Formal Administrative Proceeding to

151contest the noticed preliminary intent to deny its CON Application No. 10117

163and to contest the preliminary approval of HealthSouth Rehabilitation

172Hospital of Martin County, LLC of CON 10118, which the Agency Clerk

184forwarded to the Division of Administrative Hearings ( " DOAH ") and assigned

196DOAH Case No. 11- 3638CON.

201K

202On July 22, 2011, TENET ST. MARY' S, INC. D / B / A ST. MARY' S MEDICAL

220CENTER ( " Tenet St. Mary ") filed a Petition for Formal Administrative Hearing

233to contest the Agency' s preliminary approval of CON 10118 to HealthSouth

245Rehabilitation Hospital, which was forwarded to DOAH and assigned DOAH

255Case No. 11- 3635CON.

259On September 2, 2011, JFK filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal.

270On September 6, 2011, DOAH entered an Order Severing Cases DOAH

281Case Nos. 11- 3638CON and 11- 3848CON from 11- 3635CON so that an Order

295Closing File could be entered in DOAH Case No. 11- 3638CON and as to Case

310No: 11- 3648CON which the AU determined was rendered moot by the

322voluntary dismissal.

324On September 6, 2011, Tenet St. Mary filed a Notice of Voluntary

336Dismissal dismissing its Petition ( DOAH Case No. 11- 3635CON).

346On September 7, 2011, DOAH entered an Order Closing File in DOAH

358Case No. 11- 3635CON.

362IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED THAT:

3691. The voluntary dismissals of JFK and St. Mary and the Order

381Closing File by DOAH are hereby acknowledged and accepted.

3902. The Petitions filed by Tenet St. Mary and JFK are hereby

402dismissed.

4033. Each party shall be solely responsible for its respective costs and

415attorney' s fees.

4184. The Agency action regarding CON 10118, awarding the

427establishment of a 34 - bed comprehensive medical rehabilitation hospital to

438Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Martin County, LLC is upheld.

4475. The above - styled cases is hereby closed.

456DONE and ORDERED this 2I day of S

4642011, in Tallahassee, Florida.

468Elizabeth

469A GENCY O R HEALTIA CARE A( DMI STRATION

478NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW

484A PARTY WHO IS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS FINAL ORDER IS

495ENTITLED TO JUDICIAL REVIEW, WHICH SHALL BE INSTITUTED BY

504FILING THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF APPEAL WITH THE AGENCY CLERK

514OF AHCA, AND A COPY ALONG WITH THE FILING FEE PRESCRIBED BY

526LAW WITH THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL IN THE APPELLATE

536DISTRICT WHERE THE AGENCY MAINTAINS ITS HEADQUARTERS OR

544WHERE A PARTY RESIDES. REVIEW PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE

552CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA APPELLATE RULES.

560THE NOTICE OF APPEAL MUST BE FILED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE

572RENDITION OF THE ORDER TO BE REVIEWED.

579CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

582I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Final

595Order has been furnished by U. S. or interoffice mail to the persons named

609below on this 3D day of , 2011.

616RICHAR J. SHOO P, Agency Clerk

622Agency for Health Care Administration

6272727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop # 3

634Tallahassee, Florida 32308

637850) 412 - 3630

641COPIES FURNISHED TO:

644Elizabeth W. McArthur

647Administrative Law Judge

650Division of Administrative Hearings

654The Desoto Building

6571230 Apalachee Parkway

660Tallahassee, Florida 32399 - 3060

665R. Terry Rigsby, Esquire

669Cynthia S. Tunnicliff, Esquire

673Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P. A.

681215 South Monroe Street, 2nd Floor

687Post Office Box 10095

691Tallahassee, Florida 32301

694Attorneys for HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Martin County, LLC

703Paul H. Amundsen, Esquire

707Julia E. Smith, Esquire

711Ruden McClosky

713215 South Monroe Street, Suite 815

719Tallahassee, Florida 32301

722Attorneys for HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Martin County, LLC

731F

732Michael J. Glazer, Esquire

736Stephen C. Emmanuel

739Ausley & McMullen

742227 South Calhoun Street

746Post Office Box 391

750Tallahassee, Florida 32302

753Attorneys for Tenet St. Mary' s, Inc. d / b / a St. Mary' s Medical Center and

771Delray Medical Center, Inc. d / b / a Delray Medical Center

783R. David Prescott, Esquire

787Stephen A. Ecenia, Esquire

791Rutledge, Ecenia, and Purnell, P. A.

797215 South Monroe Street, Suite 420

803Post Office Box 551

807Tallahassee, Florida 32302 - 0551

812Attorneys for JFK Medical Center Limited Partnership d / b / a JFK Medical

826Center

827Karen A. Putnal, Esquire

831Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP

837118 North Gadsden Street, Suite 200

843Tallahassee, Florida 323011508

846Attorney for Bethesda Healthcare System, Inc.

852Jonathan L. Rue, Esquire

856Parker, Hudson, Rainer and Dobbs, LLP

862285 Peachtree Center Avenue, Suite 1500

868Atlanta, Georgia 30303

871Attorney for Bethesda Healthcare System, Inc.

877Richard Joseph Saliba, Esquire

881Assistant General Counsel

884Agency for Health Care Administration

8892727 Mahan Drive, MS # 3

895Tallahassee, Florida 32308

898Interoffice Mail)

900Janice Mills

902Government Analyst II

905Facilities Intake

907Agency for Health Care Administration

9122727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, MS # 3

920Tallahassee, Florida 32308

923Interoffice Mail)

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Proceedings
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Date: 10/04/2011
Proceedings: (Agency) Final Order filed.
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Date: 09/30/2011
Proceedings: Agency Final Order
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Date: 09/07/2011
Proceedings: Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Date: 09/06/2011
Proceedings: Notice of Voluntary Dismissal filed.
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Date: 09/06/2011
Proceedings: Order Severing Cases.
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Date: 09/02/2011
Proceedings: Notice of Voluntary Dismissal (filed in Case No. 11-003638CON).
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Date: 08/31/2011
Proceedings: Bethesda Healthcare System Inc.'s Preliminary Witness List (filed in Case No. 11-003638CON).
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Date: 08/31/2011
Proceedings: Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Martin County, LLC's Preliminary Witness List filed.
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Date: 08/31/2011
Proceedings: St. Mary's and Delray's Joint Preliminary Witness List filed.
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Date: 08/30/2011
Proceedings: Response to St. Mary's and Delray's First Request for Production of Documents (filed in Case No. 11-003638CON).
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Date: 08/30/2011
Proceedings: Response to Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Martin County's First Request for Production of Documents to JFK Medical Center Limited Partnership d/b/a JFK Medical Center (filed in Case No. 11-003638CON).
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Date: 08/30/2011
Proceedings: Notice of Service of JFK's Answers and Objections to St. Mary's and Delray's First Set of Interrogatories (filed in Case No. 11-003638CON).
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Date: 08/30/2011
Proceedings: Notice of Service of JFK's Answers and Objections to Healthsouth's First Set of Interrogatories (filed in Case No. 11-003638CON).
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Date: 08/29/2011
Proceedings: Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Martin County's Response to JFK Medical Center Limited Partnership d/b/a JFK Medical Center's First Request for Production of Documents filed.
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Date: 08/29/2011
Proceedings: Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Martin County, LLC's Certificate of Service of Answers to JFK Medical Center's First Set of Interrogatories Propounded to Healthsouth filed.
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Date: 08/26/2011
Proceedings: Bethesda Healthcare System, Inc.'s Notice of Service of Bethesda's Responses and Objections to JFK Medical Center, L.P.'s First Set of Interrogatories and First Request to Produce (filed in Case No. 11-003638CON).
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Date: 08/26/2011
Proceedings: Bethesda Healthcare System, Inc.'s Responses and Objections to JFK Medical Center's First Request to Produce Documents (filed in Case No. 11-003638CON).
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Date: 08/26/2011
Proceedings: St. Mary's Medical Center's Notice of Service of Answers to JFK Medical Center's First Interrogatories filed.
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Date: 08/26/2011
Proceedings: St. Mary's Response to First Request for Production of Documents from JFK filed.
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Date: 08/26/2011
Proceedings: Delray's Response to First Request for Production of Documents from JFK filed.
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Date: 08/26/2011
Proceedings: Delray Medical Center's Notice of Service of Answers to JFK Medical Center's First Interrogatories filed.
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Date: 08/16/2011
Proceedings: Order of Final Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Date: 08/16/2011
Proceedings: Notice of Filing (joint proposed order of pre-hearing instructions) filed.
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Date: 08/15/2011
Proceedings: Proposed Order of Pre-hearing Instructions filed.
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Date: 08/05/2011
Proceedings: Amended Notice of Hearing (hearing set for November 7 through 10, 14 through 18, 21, and 22, 2011; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL; amended as to added consolidated case).
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Date: 08/05/2011
Proceedings: Second Order of Consolidation (DOAH Case Nos. 11-3635CON, 11-3638CON and 11-3848CON).
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Date: 08/03/2011
Proceedings: Notice of Service of St. Mary's First Set of Interrogatories to Healthsouth filed.
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Date: 08/03/2011
Proceedings: St. Mary's First Request for Production of Documents to Healthsouth filed.
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Date: 08/02/2011
Proceedings: Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Martin County, LLC's Notice of Service of First Interrogatories to Delray Medical Center, Inc.'s d/b/a Delray Medical Center filed.
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Date: 08/02/2011
Proceedings: Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Martin County's First Request for Production of Documents to Delray Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a Delray Medical Center filed.
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Date: 08/02/2011
Proceedings: Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Martin County, LLC's Notice of Service of First Interrogatories to Tenet St. Mary's, Inc. d/b/a St. Mary's Medical Center filed.
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Date: 08/02/2011
Proceedings: Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Martin County's First Request for Production of Documents to Tenet St. Mary's, Inc. d/b/a St. Mary's Medical Center filed.
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Date: 08/02/2011
Proceedings: The Agency for Health Care Administration's Preliminary and Final Witness List filed.
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Date: 08/01/2011
Proceedings: Bethesda Healthcare System, Inc.'s First Request for Production to JFK Medical Center (filed in Case No. 11-003638CON).
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Date: 08/01/2011
Proceedings: Bethesda Healthcare System, Inc.'s First Set of Interrogatories to JFK Medical Center (filed in Case No. 11-003638CON).
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Date: 08/01/2011
Proceedings: Bethesda Healthcare System, Inc.'s Notice of Service of First Set of Interrogatories and First Requests to Produce to JFK Medical Center (filed in Case No. 11-003638CON).
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Date: 08/01/2011
Proceedings: Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Date: 08/01/2011
Proceedings: Notice of Hearing (hearing set for November 7 through 10, 14 through 18, 21, and 22, 2011; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
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Date: 08/01/2011
Proceedings: Order of Consolidation (DOAH Case Nos. 11-3635CON and 11-3638CON).
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Date: 07/28/2011
Proceedings: Response to Initial Order filed.
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Date: 07/22/2011
Proceedings: Initial Order.
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Date: 07/22/2011
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (filed by R. Rigsby).
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Date: 07/22/2011
Proceedings: Notice (of Agency referral) filed.
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Date: 07/22/2011
Proceedings: Petition for Formal Administrative Hearing filed.
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Date: 07/22/2011
Proceedings: Agency action letter filed.

Case Information

Judge:
ELIZABETH W. MCARTHUR
Date Filed:
07/22/2011
Date Assignment:
07/22/2011
Last Docket Entry:
10/04/2011
Location:
Tallahassee, Florida
District:
Northern
Agency:
Other
Suffix:
CON
 

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