DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, v. BAYFRONT MEDICAL CENTER, INC., FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, INC. D/B/A TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL; ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, D/B/A ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL; SHANDS JACKSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER, INC., HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC., D/B/A BLAKE MEDICAL CENTER AND HCA HEALTH SERVICES, INC., D/B/A REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BAYONET POINT

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC., d/b/a BLAKE MEDICAL CENTER and HCA HEALTH SERVICES, INC., d/b/a REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BAYONET POINT, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED Appellants, v. CASE NO. 1D11-5680 BAYFRONT MEDICAL CENTER, INC., FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, INC., d/b/a TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL; ST. JOSEPH S HOSPITAL, d/b/a ST. JOSEPH S HOSPITAL; SHANDS JACKSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Appellees. _________________________________/ Opinion filed November 30, 2012. An appeal from an order of the Division of Administrative Hearings. Stephen A. Ecenia and J. Stephen Menton of Rutledge, Ecenia & Purnell, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellants. Jeffrey L. Frehn and Angela Miles of Radey Thomas Yon & Clark, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellees Bayfront Medical Center and Tampa General Hospital; Karen A. Putnal and Robert A. Weiss of Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP, Tallahassee, for Appellee St. Joseph s Hospital; Seann M. Frazier, M. Hope Keating and Karusha Sharpe of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee Shands Jacksonville Medical Center. PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Dep t of Health v. Bayfront Medical Center, Inc., et al, Case No. 1D11-5676 (Fla. 1st DCA November 30, 2012). PADOVANO and CLARK, JJ., CONCUR. THOMAS, J., DISSENTS WITHOUT OPINION. 2

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