17-001916CON
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of Florida vs.
Tidewell Hospice Of Lake And Sumter, Inc., And Agency For Health Care Administration
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, August 1, 2017.
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, August 1, 2017.
110465 Odyssey Healthcare of Marion County, LLC New Hospice Program Denied
1210466 PruittHealth Hospice-3E, LLC New Hospice Program Denied
2010467 Tidewell Hospice of Lake & Sumter, Inc. New Hospice Program Denied
3210468 Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida New Hospice Program Approved
422. On February 20, 2017, the Agency published notice in the Florida Administrative
55Register of its decisions regarding the preliminary approval of CON 10468, and the denials of
70CON Nos. 10463, 10464, 10465, 10466 and 10467.
783. On March 10, 2017, Cornerstone filed a Petition for Formal Administrative
90Proceedings to challenge the Agency's preliminary approval of CON Application No. 10468 and
103to support the preliminary decision to deny the other five comparatively reviewed certificate of
117need applications.
1194. On March 15, 2017, Vitas filed a Cross-Petition for Formal Administrative Hearing
132Challenging Co-Batched Applicant 1 and Supporting Agency for Health Care Administration's
143Preliminary Decision.
1455. The Agency referred the Petitions to the Division of Administrative Hearings and
158an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") was assigned.
1676. On April11, 2017, DOAH entered an Order of Consolidation, consolidating DOAH
179Case Nos. 17-1911CON (Cornerstone), 17-1915CON (Tidewell) and 17-1916CON (Vitas).
1887. On July 28, 2017, Cornerstone filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal voluntarily
201dismissing with prejudice its petition.
2068. There are no other challenges to the approval of Vitas.
217It is therefore ORDERED:
2211. The Agency's preliminary approval of CON 10468 is UPHELD. The Agency shall
234issue CON 10468 to Vitas.
2391 The co-hatched applicant, Tidewell Hospice of Lake and Sumter, Inc., voluntarily dismissed its petition and a final
257order was entered on June 6, 2017 (DOAH Case No. 17-1915, AHCA Case No. 2017002123).
272ORDERED in Tallahassee, Florida, on this 3rJ day of __ /t_;__uq+_(J_S_f ___ , 2017.
286J
287NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW
293A party who is adversely affected by this Final Order is entitled to judicial review, which shall be
311instituted by filing the original Notice of Appeal with the Agency Clerk of AHCA, and a copy
328along with the filing fee prescribed by law with the District Court of Appeal in the appellate district
346where the Agency maintains its headquarters or where a party resides. Review of proceedings
360shall be conducted in accordance with the Florida appellate rules. The Notice of Appeal must be
376filed within 30 days of the rendition of the order to be reviewed.
389CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
392I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Final Order has been
408furnished by the method designated to the persons named below on this of
421A::JL
422Richard 1. Shoop, Agenc Clerk
427Agency for Health Care Administration
4322727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #3
438Tallahassee, Florida 32308
441(850) 412-3630
443Copies Furnished To:
4461 ames H. Peterson, III
451Administrative Law Judge
454Division of Administrative Hearings
458(Electronic Filing)
460Karl David Acuff, Esquire
464Law Offices of Karl David Acuff, P.A.
4711615 Village Square Boulevard, Suite 2
477Tallahassee, Florida 32309-2770
480kd_acuff@ floridacourts.com
482Attorney for TIDEWELL HOSPICE OF LAKE AND SUMTER, INC
491Robert Newell, Jr., Esquire
495817 North Gadsden Street
499Tallahassee, Florida 32303
502rdnew@ newellandterry .com
505nancy@ newellandterry.com
507Attorney For CORNERSTONE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE, INC.
515R. Terry Rigsby, Esquire.
519Brian Newman, Esquire
522Post Office Drawer 10095215
526South Monroe Street, 2nd Floor
531Tallahassee, Florida 32302-2095
534trigsby@penningtonlaw .com
536brian @penningtonlaw .com
539kowens @penningtonlaw .com
542Attorneys For VIT AS HEALTH CARE CORPORATION OF FLORIDA
551Richard Joseph Saliba, Esquire
555Kevin M. Marker, Esquire
559Lindsey L. Miller-Hailey, Esquire
563Assistants General Counsel
566Office of the General Counsel
571Agency for Health Care Administration
576(Electronic Mail)
578JaniceK. Mills, Government Analyst II
583Facilities Intake Unit
586Agency for Health Care Administration
591(Electronic Mail)
593Marisol M. Fitch, Unit Manager
598Certificate of Need Unit
602Agency for Health Care Administration
607(Electronic Mail)
609Bernard Hudson, Unit Manager
613Long Term Care Unit
617Agency for Health Care Administration
622(Electronic Mail)
- Date
- Proceedings
- PDF:
- Date: 07/19/2017
- Proceedings: The Agency for Health Care Administration's Cross-notice of Taking Depositions Duces Tecum filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 07/18/2017
- Proceedings: Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida's Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 07/18/2017
- Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (Matthew Bryant; filed in Case No. 17-001916CON).
- PDF:
- Date: 06/26/2017
- Proceedings: Amended Notice of Hearing (hearing set for September 12, 18 through 22 and September 25, 2017; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL; amended as to Date).
- PDF:
- Date: 06/19/2017
- Proceedings: Notice of Telephonic Status Conference (status conference set for June 22, 2017; 3:00 p.m.).
- PDF:
- Date: 06/15/2017
- Proceedings: Cornerstone Hospice's Response in Opposition to AHCA's Motion to Dismiss Section 120.57(1)(e) Claim filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 06/12/2017
- Proceedings: Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida's Motion to Compel Discovery from Cornerstone Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 06/08/2017
- Proceedings: Agency Motion to Dismiss Section 120.57(1)(e), Fla. Stat. Claim Filed by Cornerstone Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc. Upon a Basis of Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Upon Basis of Incurable Errors in the Petition filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 06/02/2017
- Proceedings: Notice of Telephonic Status Conference (status conference set for June 6, 2017; 10:00 a.m.).
- PDF:
- Date: 06/02/2017
- Proceedings: Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida's Preliminary Witness List filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 04/27/2017
- Proceedings: Notice of Filing (Proposed Order of Pre-hearing Instructions) filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 04/27/2017
- Proceedings: The Agency for Health Care Administration's Preliminary and Final Witness List filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 04/20/2017
- Proceedings: Motion for Enlargement of Time to File Proposed Order of Pre-hearing Instructions filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 04/13/2017
- Proceedings: Notice of Hearing (hearing set for September 18 through 22 and 25 through 29, 2017; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL; amended as to ).
- PDF:
- Date: 04/13/2017
- Proceedings: Order Denying Without Prejudice, the Agency for Health Care Administration's Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike.
- PDF:
- Date: 04/12/2017
- Proceedings: Cornerstone Hospice's Withdrawal of It's Motion to Disqualify the Administrative Law Judge filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 04/11/2017
- Proceedings: Vitas healthcare Corporation of Florida's First Request for Production of Documents to Tidewell Hospice, Inc., d/b/a Tidewell Hospice of Lake and Sumter, Inc. filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 04/11/2017
- Proceedings: Notice of Serving Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida's First Interrogatories to Tidewell Hospice, Inc., d/b/a Tidewell Hospice of Lake and Sumter, Inc. filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 04/11/2017
- Proceedings: Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida's First Request for Production of Documents to Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 04/11/2017
- Proceedings: Notice of Serving Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida's First Interrogatories to Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. filed.
- PDF:
- Date: 04/11/2017
- Proceedings: Order of Consolidation (DOAH Case Nos. 17-1911CON, 17-1915CON, 17-1916CON).
Case Information
- Judge:
- JAMES H. PETERSON, III
- Date Filed:
- 03/28/2017
- Date Assignment:
- 04/07/2017
- Last Docket Entry:
- 08/04/2017
- Location:
- Tallahassee, Florida
- District:
- Northern
- Agency:
- Other
- Suffix:
- CON
Counsels
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Kevin Michael Marker, Esquire
Agency for Health Care Administration
Mail Stop 3
2727 Mahan Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 412-3496 -
Lindsey L. Miller, Esquire
Agency for Health Care Administration
Mail Stop 7
2727 Mahan Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 412-3941 -
Robert D. Newell, Jr., Esquire
Newell, Terry & Douglas, P.A.
817 North Gadsden Street
Tallahassee, FL 32303
(850) 681-3883 -
Brian A Newman, Esquire
Pennington, P.A.
215 South Monroe Street, Second Floor
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 222-3533 -
R. Terry Rigsby, Esquire
Pennington, P.A.
Post Office Drawer 10095
215 South Monroe Street, Second Floor
Tallahassee, FL 323022095
(850) 222-3533 -
Richard Joseph Saliba, Esquire
Agency for Health Care Administration
Mail Stop 3
2727 Mahan Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 412-3666 -
Matthew Bryant, Esquire
Address of Record -
Kevin Michael Marker, Esquire
Address of Record -
Lindsey L. Miller-Hailey, Esquire
Address of Record -
Robert D. Newell, Jr., Esquire
Address of Record -
Brian A. Newman, Esquire
Address of Record -
R. Terry Rigsby, Esquire
Address of Record -
Richard Joseph Saliba, Esquire
Address of Record -
Matthew Edward Walker Bryant, Esquire
Address of Record