NOTICE OF LITIGATION

The Agency for Health Care Administration has received the following petitions for administrative hearings as of the close of business on January 19, 2007, 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 Rule 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)

9933        Denial, establish a 16 bed comprehensive medical rehabilitation unit, Citrus County, Citrus HMA, Inc. d/b/a Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center, (PRH) same as applicant

9934        Denial, establish a 40 bed long term care hospital, Lake County, Promise Healthcare of Florida III, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant

9934        Supports denial, establish a 40 bed long term care hospital, Lake County, Promise Healthcare of Florida III, Inc., (PRH) Select Specialty Hospital – Lake, Inc.

9935        Denial, establish a 44 bed long term acute care hospital, Lake County, Select Specialty Hospital – Lake, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant

9935        Supports denial, establish a 44 bed long term acute care hospital, Lake County, Select Specialty Hospital – Lake, Inc., (PRH) Promise Healthcare of Florida III, Inc.

9936        Denial, establish a 60 bed Class I acute care hospital, Levy County, Ameris Health Systems, LLC, (PRH) same as applicant

9937        Denial, establish a 100 bed acute care hospital, Sumter County, Wildwood Medical Center, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant

9939        Denial, establish a 5 bed Level II NICU, Orange County, The Nemours Foundation, (PRH) same as applicant

9940        Denial, establish a 40 bed long term acute care hospital, St. Lucie County, Promise Healthcare of Florida IX, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant

9940        Supports denial, establish a 40 bed long term acute care hospital, St. Lucie County, Promise Healthcare of Florida IX, Inc., (PRH) Select Specialty Hospital – St. Lucie, Inc.

9940        Supports denial, establish a 40 bed long term acute care hospital, St. Lucie County, Promise Healthcare of Florida IX, Inc., (PRH) Kindred Hospitals East, LLC

9941        Denial, establish a 50 bed long term care hospital, St. Lucie County, Kindred Hospitals East, LLC, (PRH) same as applicant

9941        Supports denial, establish a 50 bed long term care hospital, St. Lucie County, Kindred Hospitals East, LLC, (PRH) Promise Healthcare of Florida IX, Inc.

9941        Supports denial, establish a 50 bed long term care hospital, St. Lucie County, Kindred Hospitals East, LLC, (PRH) Select Specialty Hospital – St. Lucie, Inc.

9942        Denial, establish a 44 bed long term acute care hospital, St. Lucie County, Select Specialty Hospital – St. Lucie, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant

9942        Supports denial, establish a 44 bed long term acute care hospital, St. Lucie County, Select Specialty Hospital – St. Lucie, Inc., (PRH) Promise Healthcare of Florida IX, Inc.

9942        Supports denial, establish a 44 bed long term acute care hospital, St. Lucie County, Select Specialty Hospital – St. Lucie, Inc., (PRH) Kindred Hospitals East, LLC

9944        Denial, establish an 80 bed acute care hospital, St. Lucie County, Martin Memorial Medical Center, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant

9945        Denial, establish a 40 bed long term care hospital, Broward County, Promise Healthcare of Florida X, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant

9945        Supports denial, establish a 40 bed long term care hospital, Broward County, Promise Healthcare of Florida X, Inc., (PRH) Select Specialty Hospital – Broward, Inc.

9946        Denial, establish a 44 bed long term acute care hospital, Broward County, Select Specialty Hospital – Broward, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant

9946        Supports denial, establish a 44 bed long term acute care hospital, Broward County, Select Specialty Hospital – Broward, Inc., (PRH) Promise Healthcare of Florida X, Inc.

9947        Denial, establish a 60 bed long term acute care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Promise Healthcare of Florida XI, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant

9947        Supports denial, establish a 60 bed long term acute care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Promise Healthcare of Florida XI, Inc., (PRH) Kindred Hospitals East, LLC

9947        Supports denial, establish a 60 bed long term acute care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Promise Healthcare of Florida XI, Inc., (PRH) Select Specialty Hospital – Dade, Inc.

9948        Denial, establish a 60 bed long term care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Kindred Hospitals East, LLC, (PRH) same as applicant

9948        Supports denial, establish a new 60 bed long term care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Kindred Healthcare Corporation, (PRH) Select Specialty Hospital – Dade, Inc.

9948        Supports denial, establish a new 60 bed long term care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Kindred Healthcare Corporation, (PRH) Promise Healthcare of Florida XI, Inc.

9949        Denial, establish a 30 bed long term care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant

9949        Supports denial, establish a 30 bed long term care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, Inc., (PRH) Select Specialty Hospital – Dade, Inc.

9949        Supports denial, establish a 30 bed long term care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, Inc., (PRH) Promise Healthcare of Florida, XI, Inc.

9949        Supports denial, establish a 30 bed long term care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, Inc., (PRH) Kindred Hospitals East, LLC

9950        Denial, establish a 60 bed long term acute care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Select Specialty Hospital – Dade, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant

9950        Supports denial, establish a new 60 bed long term care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Select Specialty Hospital – Dade, Inc., (PRH) Promise Healthcare of Florida XI, Inc.

9950        Supports denial, establish a 60 bed long term care hospital, Miami – Dade County, Select Specialty Hospital – Dade, Inc., (PRH) Kindred Hospitals East, LLC

9951        Denial, establish a new 90 bed acute care satellite hospital, Miami – Dade County, Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc., (PRH) same as applicant

9952        Denial, establish an 8 bed Level III NICU, Orange County, The Nemours Foundation, (PRH) same as applicant

9953        Denial, establish an 82 acute care bed Class II Children’s Hospital, Orange County, The Nemours Foundation, (PRH) same as applicant