HOSPICE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY v. STATE

Nos. 1D03-1045, 1D03-2468.

876 So.2d 4 (2004)

HOSPICE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, INC., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION and Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.L. Caleen, Jr. and W. David Watkins of Watkins & Caleen, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Garnett W. Chisenhall, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellee State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration and Geoffrey D. Smith of Blank Meenan & Smith, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida, Inc.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Hospice of Palm Beach County, Inc. (HPBC), challenges a determination by appellee, Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), that it lacked standing to initiate formal administrative proceedings relating to the licensure of a competing hospice provider, Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida, Inc. (Vitas). For the reasons stated below, we reverse on the issue of standing and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. We...

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