Miami Jewish Home & Hospital for the Aged, Inc. v. Agency for Health Care Administration

Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, Inc. [MJH] appeals from a final order of the Agency of Health Care Administration [Agency] issuing a certificate of need to Mount Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami, Inc. We affirm.

A careful review of the record shows that the administrative law judge acted wholly within her discretion when she excluded irrelevant evidence at the administrative hearing. § 120.58(l)(a)l, Fla. Stat. (1995). Additionally, she properly denied MJH’s subsequent motion to re-open the hearing based on newly discovered evidence. Collier Med. Ctr., Inc. v. State, Dep’t of…