13-000158CON
Northwest Medical Center, Inc., D/B/A Northwest Medical Center vs.
Agency For Health Care Administration
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Wednesday, August 14, 2013.
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Wednesday, August 14, 2013.
1STATE OF FLORIDA bCA CLERK
6AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
117013NOV- I 12* 20
15NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER, INC.,
19Petitioner, DOAH No. 13- 0158CON
24v. AHCA No. 2013000332
28STATE OF FLORIDA, AGENCY FOR CON No. 10172
36HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,
39Respondent.
40and
41HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL, INC.;
45ST. JOHN' S REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
50AND NURSING CENTER, INC., d/ a b/
57ST. ANTHONY' S REHABILITATION
61HOSPITAL; and HEALTHSOUTH SUNRISE,
65REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, LLC, d/ a b/
71HEALTHSOUTH RE. ITATION IIABIL,
75HOSPITAL,
76Intervenors.
77FINAL ORDER
79THIS CAUSE comes before the State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration,
9210172 filed
94the Agency") regarding certificate of need (" CON") application number by
107Northwest Medical Center, Inc. (" NWMC").
114I. NWMC filed a CON application which sought the establishment of a 16- bed
128in Broward County,
131comprehensive medical rehabilitation unit within its hospital located
139Florida, Service District 10. The Agency denied NWMC' s CON application 10172.
1512. NWMC filed a petition for formal hearing challenging the Agency' s denial of
165CON application number 10172.
1693. Holy Cross Hospital, Inc., St. John' s Rehabilitation Hospital and Nursing Center,
182Inc. d/ a b/ St. Anthony' s Rehabilitation Hospital, and HealthSouth Sunrise Rehabilitation
195in
196Hospital, LLC, d/ a b/ HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, each filed a petition to intervene
210support of the Agency' s denial of NWMC' s CON application 10172.
2224. NWMC has since voluntarily dismissed its petition for formal hearing.
2335. Based upon the voluntary dismissal, the Division of Administrative Hearings
244entered an Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction in the above styled matter.
257IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED:
2616. The denial of NWMC' s CON application 10172 is UPHELD.
272ORDERED in Tallahassee, Florida on this_ 50day of Q~-, 2013.
282Elizabeth Du k, Secretary
286Agency for He lth Care Administration
292NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW
298A party who is adversely affected by this final order is entitled to judicial review, which and shall a be
318instituted by filing the original notice of appeal with the agency clerk of AHCA, copy
333along with the filing fee prescribed by law with the district or where court a of appeal resides. in the appellate Review
355district where the Agency maintains its headquarters party notice of
365proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with of the the Florida order to appellate be reviewed. rules. The
383appeal must be filed within 30 days of the rendition
393CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
396I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Final Order has
411S,
412been furnished by U. S. Mail or electronic mail to the persons named below on this day
429of e....~ 2013.
432Richard J. Shoop, Agenc
436Agency for Ilealth Care Administration
4412727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 43
447Tallahassee, Florida 32308
450850) 412- 3630
453Janice Mills James McLemore, Supervisor
458Facilities Intake Unit Certificate of Need Unit
465Agency for Health Care Administration Agency for Health Care Administration
475Electronic Mail) Electronic Mail)
479R. Bruce McKibben Lorraine M. Novak, Esquire
486Administrative Law Judge Assistant General Counsel
492Division of Administrative Hearings Agency for Health Care Administration
501Electronic Mail) Electronic Mail)
505Stephen A. Ecenia, Esquire R. Terry Rigsby, Esquire
513R. David Prescott, Esquire Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell
521Rutledge Ecenia, P. A. Dunbar, P. A.
528119 South Monroe Street, Suite 202 215 South Monroe Street, 2" d Floor
541Tallahassee, Florida 32302 Tallahassee, Florida 32301
547Counsel for NWMC Counsel for HealthSouth
553U. S. Mail) U. S. Mail)
559Julia E. Smith, Esquire
563Julia E. Smith, P. A
568113 South Monroe Street
572Tallahassee, Florida 32301
575Counsel for Holy Cross Hospital and
581St. Anthony' s Rehabilitation Hospital
586U. S. Mail)
- Date
- Proceedings
- PDF:
- Date: 08/02/2013
- Proceedings: Holy Cross Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Holy Cross Hospital and St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital and Nursing Center, Inc. d/b/a St. Anthony's Rehabilitation Hospital's Notice of Service of Interrogatories to Northwest Medical Center filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 08/02/2013
- Proceedings: Holy Cross Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Holy Cross Hospital and St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital and Nursing Center, Inc. d/b/a St. Anthony's Rehabilitation Hospital's First Request for Production of Documents to Northwest Medical Center, Inc filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 02/12/2013
- Proceedings: Notice of Hearing (hearing set for October 21 through 25 and October 28 through November 1, 2013; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
- PDF:
- Date: 01/28/2013
- Proceedings: Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Response to Initial Order filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 01/23/2013
- Proceedings: Order Granting Petitions to Intervene (Holy Cross Hospital, Inc.; St. John's Rehabilitaiton Hospital and Nursing Center, Inc., d/b/a St. Anthony's Rehabilitation Hospital; and HealthSouth Sunrise Rehabilitation Hospital, LLC, d/b/a HealthSouth Sunrise Rehabilitation Hospital).
- PDF:
- Date: 01/16/2013
- Proceedings: Petition for Leave to Intervene (filed by HealthSouth Sunrise Rehabilitation Hospital, LLC d/b/a HealthSouth Sunrise Rehabilitation Hospital) filed.
Case Information
- Judge:
- R. BRUCE MCKIBBEN
- Date Filed:
- 01/14/2013
- Date Assignment:
- 01/17/2013
- Last Docket Entry:
- 11/04/2013
- Location:
- Tallahassee, Florida
- District:
- Northern
- Agency:
- Other
- Suffix:
- CON
Counsels
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Paul H. Amundsen, Esquire
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Stephen A. Ecenia, Esquire
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Richard M. Ellis, Esquire
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Lorraine M. Novak, Esquire
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R. David Prescott, Esquire
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R. Terry Rigsby, Esquire
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Julia Elizabeth Smith, Esquire
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Lorraine Marie Novak, Esquire
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Stephen A Ecenia, Esquire
Address of Record