Miscellaneous

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Certificate of Need

NOTICE OF BATCHED APPLICATION RECEIPT

AND

NOTICE OF TENTATIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS

The Agency for Health Care Administration has received and accepted the following Certificate of Need applications for review in the batched Other Beds and Programs review cycle with an application due date of November 22, 2006.

County: Escambia                                                                District: 1

CON # 9954                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/21/2006

Facility/Project: Odyssey HealthCare of Northwest Florida, Inc.

Applicant: Odyssey HealthCare of Northwest Florida, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

County: Santa Rosa                                                             District: 1

CON # 9955                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/20/2006

Facility/Project: United Hospice of West Florida, Inc.

Applicant: United Hospice of West Florida, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

County: Volusia                                                                   District: 4

CON # 9956                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/22/2006

Facility/Project: Halifax Medical Center

Applicant: Halifax Hospital Medical Center

Project Description: Establish an adult pancreas transplantation program

County: Orange                                                                    District: 7

CON # 9957                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/20/2006

Facility/Project: Florida Hospital

Applicant: Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.

Project Description: Establish an adult pancreas transplantation program

County: Pinellas                                                                   District: 5

CON # 9958                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/22/2006

Facility/Project: Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital

Applicant: Tarpon Springs Hospital Foundation

Project Description: Establish an adult open heart surgery program

County: Pasco                                                                      District: 5

CON # 9959                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/20/2006

Facility/Project: Gulfside Regional Hospice, Inc.

Applicant: Gulfside Regional Hospice, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a 16-bed inpatient hospice facility

County: Manatee                                                                 District: 6

CON # 9960                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/22/2006

Facility/Project: Evercare of Manatee County, Inc.

Applicant: Evercare of Manatee County, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

County: Manatee                                                                 District: 6

CON # 9961                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/20/2006

Facility/Project: HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.

Applicant: HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

County: Manatee                                                                 District: 6

CON # 9962                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/20/2006

Facility/Project: LifePath Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.

Applicant: LifePath Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

County: Manatee                                                                 District: 6

CON # 9963                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/20/2006

Facility/Project: Odyssey Healthcare of Manatee County, Inc.

Applicant: Odyssey Healthcare of Manatee County, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

County: Manatee                                                                 District: 6

CON # 9964                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/21/2006

Facility/Project: The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Inc.

Applicant: The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

County: Collier                                                                     District: 8

CON # 9965                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/22/2006

Facility/Project: Evercare Hospice of Collier County, Inc.

Applicant: Evercare Hospice of Collier County, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

County: Collier                                                                     District: 8

CON # 9966                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/21/2006

Facility/Project: HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.

Applicant: HCR Manor Care Services of Florida, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

County: Collier                                                                     District: 8

CON # 9967                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/16/2006

Facility/Project: HOPE of Southwest Florida, Inc.

Applicant: HOPE of Southwest Florida, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

County: Collier                                                                     District: 8

CON # 9968                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/21/2006

Facility/Project: Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.

Applicant: Odyssey Healthcare of Collier County, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

County: Collier                                                                     District: 8

CON # 9969                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/20/2006

Facility/Project: Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida

Applicant: Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

County: Broward                                                                  District: 10

CON # 9970                                                                           Application Receipt Date: 11/21/2006

Facility/Project: Hallandale Rehabilitation Center

Applicant: HRC, L.L.C.

Project Description: Construct a 120-bed replacement nursing home

Also, IF REQUESTED, tentative public hearings have been scheduled as follows:

PROPOSALS:                       District 1

DATE/TIME:                        January 12, 2007, 1:30 p.m. (Central Time)

PLACE:                                  West Florida Regional Planning Council Conference Room

                                                3435 N. 12th Ave.

                                                Pensacola, FL 32593

PROPOSALS:                       District 4

DATE/TIME:                        Tuesday, January 9, 2007, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

PLACE:                                  Health Planning Council of N.E. Florida

                                                Daytona Office

                                                101 South Palmetto Ave., Suite 5

                                                Daytona Beach, FL 32114

PROPOSALS:                       District 5

DATE/TIME:                        Monday, January 8, 2007, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

PLACE:                                  Park Station

                                                5851 Park Blvd.

                                                Room 101

                                                Pinellas Park, Florida 33781

PROPOSALS:                       District 6

DATE/TIME:                        Tuesday, January 9, 2007, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

PLACE:                                  Baker Building Conference Room

                                                888 Executive Center Drive, North

                                                St. Petersburg, FL 33702

PROPOSALS:                       District 8

DATE/TIME:                        Wednesday, January 10, 2007, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

PLACE:                                  East Naples Public Library

                                                8787 Tamiami Trail E

                                                Naples, Fl. 34113

PROPOSALS:                       District 10

DATE/TIME:                        Friday, January 11, 2007, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

PLACE:                                  Broward Regional Health Planning Council, Inc.

                                                Conference Room 115

                                                915 Middle River Drive

                                                Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

Public hearing requests must be in writing and be received at the Agency for Health Care Administration, CON Office, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 28, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, Attention Karen Rivera, by 5:00 p.m., December 22, 2006. In lieu of requesting and attending a public hearing, written comments submitted to the department relative to the merits of these applications will become part of the official project application file. Pursuant to subsection 59C-1.010(3), F.A.C., written comments must be received by December 27, 2006.