AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Certificate of Need
The Agency for Health Care Administration has received the following petitions for administrative hearings as of the close of business on March 13, 2017, concerning certificate of need decisions. No decision has been made as to the sufficiency of these petitions. A brief description of these projects is listed below. Resolution of these requests for hearings by way of a grant or denial of their certificate of need at issue will determine the substantial interest of persons. Those persons whose substantial interest may be determined by these proceedings including settlements, grants, and denials are advised to govern themselves accordingly and may wish to exercise rights including intervention. See Chapter 120, F. S., as well as Section 408.039, F.S. and Section 59C-1.012, F. A. C. In deference to rights of substantially affected persons, AHCA will not settle or otherwise reach a final resolution of these matters for a period of 30 days from the date of the publication.
CON#INITIAL DECISION, PROJECT, CTY, APPLICANT, PARTY REQUEST HEARING (PRH)
10463Supports Denial, to establish a new hospice program, Lake County, Hospice of Marion County, Inc., (PRH) Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.
10464Supports Denial, to establish a new hospice program, Lake County, North Central Florida Hospice, Inc., (PRH) Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.
10465Supports Denial, to establish a new hospice program, Lake County, Odyssey Healthcare of Marion County, LLC, (PRH) Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.
10466Supports Denial, to establish a new hospice program, Lake County, PruittHealth Hospice – 3E, LLC, (PRH) Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.
10467Supports Denial, to establish a new hospice program, Lake County, Tidewell Hospice of Lake & Sumter, Inc., (PRH) Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.
10467Denial, to establish a new hospice program, Lake County, Tidewell Hospice of Lake & Sumter, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant
10468Approval, to establish a new hospice program, Lake County, VITAS Healthcare Corporation of Florida, (PRH) Tidewell Hospice of Lake & Sumter, Inc.
10468Approval, to establish a new hospice program, Lake County, VITAS Healthcare Corporation of Florida (PRH) Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.
10469Denial, to establish a new hospice program, Palm Beach County, Morselife Therapy Corp, (PRH) same as applicant
10470Denial, to establish a new 13-bed freestanding inpatient hospice facility, Miami-Dade County, Comprehensive Home Health Care, Inc. d/b/a Opuscare of South Florida, (PRH) same as applicant
10471Denial, to establish a new pediatric heart transplantation program, Orange County, The Nemours Foundation d/b/a Nemours Children’s Hospital, (PRH) same as applicant
10472Denial, to establish a new pediatric heart and lung transplantation program, Orange County, The Nemours Foundation d/b/a Nemours Children’s Hospital, (PRH) same as applicant
