14-000126CON
East Florida Healthcare, Llc vs.
Agency For Healthcare Administration
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, April 15, 2014.
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, April 15, 2014.
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3STATE OF FLORIDA F A/1CA IL.r...U
9AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION AGENCY CLERK
16EASTFLORIDA HEAL THCARE, LLC, 2014 APR 22 P 2: Oq
26Petitioner, DOAH CASE NO. 14-0126CON
31AHCA CASE NO. 2014000118
35vs. CON NO. 10202
39STATE OF FLORIDA, AGENCY FOR
44HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,
47Respondent,
48and
49NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT
53d/b/a BROW ARD HEALTH; TENENT
58HEALTHSYSTEM NORTH SHORE, INC.;
62CLEVELAND CLINIC FLORIDA HEALTH
66SYSTEM NON-PROFIT CORPORATION;
69HOL Y CROSS HOSPITAL; and SOUTH
75BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT d/b/a
79MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE STSTEM,
83Intervenors.
84---------------_----:/
85FINAL ORDER
87THIS CAUSE comes before the State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration
100("the Agency") regarding Certificate of Need ("CON") Application No. 10202, which sought the
117establishment of a 100-bed acute care hospital in Broward County, District 10, that had been
132filed by East Florida Healthcare, LLC ("East Florida"), in the second batching cycle of 2013.
149The Agency preliminarily denied the application.
155On December 30, 2013, East Florida filed a petition for formal hearing contesting the
169denial, which was forwarded to the Division of Administrative Hearings ("DOAH"). In January
1842014, the above-named intervenors filed motions to intervene, which were granted. On April 15,
1982014, East Florida filed a notice of voluntary dismissal and the DOAH issued an order closing
214the file and relinquishing jurisdiction back to the Agency.
223IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED THAT:
2301. The denial of CON Application 10202 is upheld.
239ORDERED , 2014, in Tallahassee, Florida.
244Elizabeth Dud , Secretary
247Agency For alth Care Administration
252NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW
258A PARTY WHO IS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS FINAL ORDER IS ENTITLED TO
271JUDICIAL REVIEW, WHICH SHALL BE INSTITUTED BY FILING THE ORIGINAL
281NOTICE OF APPEAL WITH THE AGENCY CLERK OF AHCA, AND A COpy ALONG
294WITH THE FILING FEE PRESCRIBED BY LAW WITH THE DISTRICT COURT OF
306APPEAL IN THE APPELLATE DISTRICT WHERE THE AGENCY MAINTAINS ITS
316HEADQUARTERS OR WHERE A PARTY RESIDES. REVIEW PROCEEDINGS SHALL
325BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA APPELLATE RULES. THE
335NOTICE OF APPEAL MUST BE FILED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE RENDITION OF THE
349ORDER TO BE REVIEWED.
353CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
356I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Final Order has
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372been furnished by the method designated to the persons named below on this of
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392Richar . oop, Agency Clerk
397Agency for Health Care Administration
4022727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #3
408Tallahassee, Florida 32308
411(850) 412-3630
413W. David Watkins
416Administrative Law Judge
419Division of Administrative Hearings
423(Electronic Mail)
425F. Philip Blank, Esquire
429F. Philip Blank, P.A.
433204 South Monroe Street
437Tallahassee, Florida 32301
440Attorney for South Broward Hospital District/Memorial Healthcare System
448(U.S. Mail)
450R. David Prescott, Esquire
454Stephen A. Ecenia, Esquire
458Richard M. Ellis, Esquire
462Rutledge, Ecenia and Purnell, P .A.
468119 South Monroe Street, Suite 202
474Post Office Box 551
478Tallahassee, Florida 32302-0551
481Attorneys for East Florida Healthcare, LLC
487(U.S. Mail)
489Seann M. Frazier, Esquire
493Parker, Hudson, Rainer and Dobbs, LLP
499215 South Monroe Street, Suite 750
505Tallahassee, Florida 32301
508Attorney for North Broward Hospital District d/b/a North Broward Health
518(U.S. Mail)
520Michael J. Glazer, Esquire
524Ausley and McMullen
527123 South Calhoun Street
531Post Office Box 391
535Tallahassee, Florida 32302
538Attorney for Cleveland Clinic Florida Health System Nonprofit Corporation
547d/b/a Cleveland Clinic Hospital and
552Tenet Healthsystem North Shore, Inc. d/b/a Florida Medical Center-A Campus Of North Shore
565(U.S. Mail)
567Cynthia S. Tunnicliff, Esquire
571Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson,
574215 South Monroe Street, 2nd Floor
580Post Office Box 10095
584Tallahassee, Florida 32302-2095
587Attorney for Holy Cross Hospital
592(U.S. Mail)
594Richard Joseph Saliba, Esquire
598Assistant General Counsel
601Agency for Health Care Administration
606(Electronic Mail)
608Janice Mills
610Facilities Intake Unit
613Agency for Health Care Administration
618(Electronic Mail)
- Date
- Proceedings
- PDF:
- Date: 03/28/2014
- Proceedings: South Broward Hospital District d/b/a Memorial Healthcare System's Preliminary Witness List filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/28/2014
- Proceedings: North Broward Hospital District d/b/a Broward Health's Preliminary Witness List filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/27/2014
- Proceedings: South Broward Hospital District d/b/a Memorial Healthcare System's First Request for Production of Documents to East Florida Healthcare, LLC filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/27/2014
- Proceedings: Notice of Service of South Broward Hospital District d/b/a Memorial Healthcare System's First Set of Interrogatories to East Florida Healthcare, LLC filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/25/2014
- Proceedings: East Florida Healthcare, LLC's First Request for Production of Documents to Cleveland Clinic Florida Health System Nonprofit Corporation d/b/a Cleveland Clinic Hospital filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/25/2014
- Proceedings: Notice of Service of East Florida Healthcare, LLC Interrogatories to Cleveland Clinic Florida Health System Nonprofit Corporation d/b/a Cleveland Clinic Hospital filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/25/2014
- Proceedings: East Florida Healthcare, LLC's First Request for Production of Documents to Holy Cross Hospital filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/25/2014
- Proceedings: Notice of Service of East Florida Healthcare, LLC Interrogatories to Holy Cross Hospital filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/25/2014
- Proceedings: East Florida Healthcare, LLC's First Request for Production of Documents to South Broward Hospital District d/b/a Memorial Healthcare System filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/25/2014
- Proceedings: Notice of Service of East Florida Healthcare, LLC Interrogatories to South Broward Hospital District d/b/a Memorial Healthcare System filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/25/2014
- Proceedings: East Florida Healthcare, LLC's First Request for Production of Documents to North Broward Hospital District d/b/a Broward Health filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/25/2014
- Proceedings: Notice of Service of East Florida Healthcare, LLC Interrogatories to North Broward Hospital District d/b/a Broward Health filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/25/2014
- Proceedings: East Florida Healthcare, LLC's First Request for Production of Documents to Tenet Healthsystem North Shore, Inc. d/b/a Florida Medical Center- A Campus North Shore filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/25/2014
- Proceedings: Notice of Service of East Florida Healthcare, LLC Interrogatories to Tenet Healthsystem North Shore, Inc., d/b/a Florida Medical Center filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/21/2014
- Proceedings: Broward Health's First Request for Production of Documents to East Florida Healthcare, LLC. filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/21/2014
- Proceedings: Notice of Service of North Broward Hospital District, Interrogatories to East Florida Healthcare, Inc. filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 03/19/2014
- Proceedings: Cleveland Clinic Hospital's First Request for Productionof Documents to East Florida Healthcare, LLC filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 02/13/2014
- Proceedings: The Agency for Health Care Administration's Preliminary and Final Witness List filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 02/04/2014
- Proceedings: Notice of Hearing (hearing set for July 14 through 18 and 21 through 25, 2014; 9:30 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
- PDF:
- Date: 01/23/2014
- Proceedings: East Florida Healthcare's Responses to Petitions to Intervene filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 01/23/2014
- Proceedings: Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Response to Initial Order filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 01/13/2014
- Proceedings: Petition to Intervene (filed by South Broward Hospital District d/b/a Memorial Healthcare System). filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 01/09/2014
- Proceedings: Motion to Intervene (filed by Tenet Healthsystem North Shore, Inc. d/b/a Florida Medical Center-A Campus of North Shore) filed.
Case Information
- Judge:
- W. DAVID WATKINS
- Date Filed:
- 01/08/2014
- Date Assignment:
- 01/13/2014
- Last Docket Entry:
- 04/22/2014
- Location:
- Tallahassee, Florida
- District:
- Northern
- Agency:
- Other
- Suffix:
- CON
Counsels
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F. Philip Blank, Esquire
Address of Record -
Stephen A. Ecenia, Esquire
Address of Record -
Richard M. Ellis, Esquire
Address of Record -
Seann M. Frazier, Esquire
Address of Record -
Michael J Glazer, Esquire
Address of Record -
R. David Prescott, Esquire
Address of Record -
Richard Joseph Saliba, Esquire
Address of Record -
Cynthia S. Tunnicliff, Esquire
Address of Record -
Stephen A Ecenia, Esquire
Address of Record -
Michael J. Glazer, Esquire
Address of Record