17-001915CON
Tidewell Hospice Of Lake And Sumter, Inc. vs.
Hospice Of Marion County, Inc., North Central Florida Hospice, Inc., Odyssey Healthcare Of Marion County, Llc, Pruitthealth Hospice-3ed, Llc, Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of Florida, Inc., And Agency For Health Care Administration
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, June 19, 2017.
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, June 19, 2017.
1STATE OF FLORIDA f:.,` ! r;';` i fir;;
12AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION P 4: d 8
212011 JUN - b
25TIDEWELL HOSPICE OF LAKE AND SUMTER, INC.
32Petitioner, DOAH CASE NO.: 17- 1915CON
38AHCA CASE NO.: 2017002123
42VS. CON NO.: 10467
46HOSPICE OF MARION COUNTY, INC.,
51NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA HOSPICE, INC.,
56ODYSSEY HEALTHCARE OF MARION
60COUNTY, LLC, PRUITTHEALTH HOSPICE- 3ED,
65LLC, VITAS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION OF
70FLORIDA, INC., AND STATE OF FLORIDA,
76AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
81Respondent.
82FINAL ORDER
84THIS CAUSE is before the State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration (" the
99Agency") concerning the preliminary denial of Certificate of Need (" CON") 10467 filed by
115Tidewell Hospice of Lake and Sumter, Inc. (" Tidewell") to establish a new hospice program, with
132respect to Sub - District 3- E.
1391. The Agency comparatively reviewed CON applications for other beds and
150programs batching cycle with an application due date of February 17, 2017, for the Sub - District
1673- E. For the case at hand, the reviews included in relevant part:
18010463 Hospice of Marion County New Hospice Program Denied
18910464 North Central Florida Hospice, Inc. New Hospice Program Denied
19910465 Odyssey Healthcare of Marion County, LLC New Hospice Program Denied
21010466 PruittHealth Hospice - 3E, LLC New Hospice Program Denied
22010467 Tidewell Hospice of Lake and Sumter County, Inc. New Hospice Program Denied
23310468 Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida New Hospice Program Approved
2432. On February 20, 2017, the Agency published notice in the Florida Administrative
256Register of its decisions regarding the preliminary approval of CON 10468, and the denials of
271CON Nos. 10463, 10464, 10465, 10466 and 10468.
2793. On February 23, 2017, Tidewell filed a Petition for Formal Administrative Hearing
292contesting the denial of its CON 10467, and the approval of the co-hatched CON Application No.
30810468.
3094. On March 10, 2017, Cornerstone filed a Petition for Formal Administrative
321Proceedings to challenge the Agency for Health Care Administration's preliminary approval of
333Certificate of Need Application No. 10468 and to support the preliminary decision to deny the
348other five comparatively reviewed certificate of need applications.
3565. On March 15, 2017, VITAS filed a Cross-Petition for Fonnal Administrative
368Hearing Challenging Co-Batched Applicant and Supporting Agency for Health Care
378Administration's Preliminary Decision. Challenging the co-hatched applicant and supporting the
388Agency's preliminary decision.
3916. The Agency referred the Petitions to the Division of Administrative Hearings and
404an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") was assigned.
4137. On April II, 2017, DOAH entered an Order of Consolidation, consolidating DOAH
426Case Nos. 17-1911 CON (Cornerstone), 17-1915CON (Tidewell) and 17-1516CON (VITAS).
4368. On May 22, 2017, Tidewell filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal voluntarily
449dismissing with prejudice its petition and withdraws its CON Application No. 10467.
4619. This dismissal results in a confirmation of the Agency action denying the
474preliminary application of CON 10467.
479It is therefore ORDERED:
4831. The Agency's preliminary denial of CON 10467 is UPHELD.
493ORDERED in Tallahassee, Florida, on this 6 fh day of_-=J=--=u=n.:_l2 _____ , 2017.
505Justin M. Senior, cretary
509Agency For Health Care Administration
514NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW
520A party who is adversely affected by this Final Order is entitled to judicial review, which shall be
538instituted by filing the original Notice of Appeal with the Agency Clerk of AHCA, and a copy
555along with the filing fee prescribed by law with the District Court of Appeal in the appellate district
573where the Agency maintains its headquarters or where a party resides. Review of proceedings
587shall be conducted in accordance with the Florida appellate rules. The Notice of Appeal must be
603filed within 30 days of the rendition of the order to be reviewed.
616CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
619I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Final Order has been
635furnished by the method designated to the persons named below on this of
6482017.
649Richard J. Shoop, Agency
653Agency for Health Care Administration
6582727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #3
664Tallahassee, Florida 32308
667(850) 412-3630
669Copies Furnished To:
672James H. Peterson, III
676Administrative Law Judge
679Division of Administrative Hearings
683(Electronic Filing)
685Karl David Acuff, Esquire
689Law Offices of Karl David Acuff, P .A.
6971615 Village Square Boulevard, Suite 2
703Tallahassee, Florida 32309-2770
706kd _ acuff@floridacourts.com
709Attorney for TIDEWELL HOSPICE OF LAKE AND SUMTER, INC
718Robert Newell, Jr., Esquire
722817 North Gadsden Street
726Tallahassee, Florida 32303
729rdnew@newellandterry.com
730nancy@newellandterry.com
731Attorney For CORNERSTONE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE, INC.
739R. Terry Rigsby, Esquire.
743Brian Newman, Esquire
746Post Office Drawer 10095215
750South Monroe Street, 2nd Floor
755Tallahassee, Florida 32302-2095
758trigsby@penningtonlaw. com
760brian@penningtonlaw .com
762kowens@penningtonlaw .com
764Attorneys For VITAS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION OF FLORIDA
771Richard Joseph Saliba, Esquire
775Kevin M. Marker, Esquire
779Lindsey L. Miller-Hailey, Esquire
783Assistants General Counsel
786Office of the General Counsel
791Agency for Health Care Administration
796(Electronic Mail)
798JaniceK. Mills, Government Analyst II
803Facilities Intake Unit
806Agency for Health Care Administration
811(Electronic Mail)
813Marisol M. Fitch, Unit Manager
818Certificate of Need Unit
822Agency for Health Care Administration
827(Electronic Mail)
829Bernard Hudson, Unit Manager
833Long Term Care Unit
837Agency for Health Care Administration
842(Electronic Mail)
- Date
- Proceedings
- 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).
- PDF:
- Date: 04/10/2017
- Proceedings: Tidewell Hospice of Lake and Sumter, Inc.'s Response to Initial Order filed.
Case Information
- Judge:
- JAMES H. PETERSON, III
- Date Filed:
- 03/28/2017
- Date Assignment:
- 04/07/2017
- Last Docket Entry:
- 06/19/2017
- 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 -
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