V.T. v. LIBERTY DENTAL PLAN OF FLORIDA, INC. ( 2022 )


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  •       Third District Court of Appeal
    State of Florida
    Opinion filed February 2, 2022.
    Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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    No. 3D21-1194
    Lower Tribunal No. 21-FH0743
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    V.T.,
    Appellant,
    vs.
    Liberty Dental Plan of Florida, Inc.,
    Appellee.
    An appeal from the State of Florida Agency for Health Care
    Administration, Office of Fair Hearings.
    V.T., in proper person.
    Ausley McMullen, and Erik M. Figlio, and Alexandra E. Akre
    (Tallahassee), for appellee.
    Before LOGUE, MILLER, and LOBREE, JJ.
    MILLER, J.
    Appellant, V.T., a Medicaid recipient under a plan administered by
    Liberty Dental, challenges a final order of the Agency for Health Care
    Administration (the “Agency”) dismissing her request for a Medicaid Fair
    Hearing. Because the Agency received appellant’s request 141 days after
    Liberty Dental denied her appeal and issued a Notice of Plan Appeal
    Resolution (“NPAR”), along with information regarding the right to request a
    fair hearing, and appellant’s initial brief fails to identify any specific error
    below, we affirm the order under review. See Fla. Admin. Code R. 59G-
    1.100(8)(g) (“A fair hearing request by an enrollee must be received by the
    Agency within 120 days of the date the required NPAR is sent to the
    enrollee.”); Fla. Admin. Code R. 59G-1.100(9)(b)3. (“A Hearing Officer is
    authorized to deny or dismiss a request for a fair hearing for reasons
    consistent with this rule, including the following: . . . [a] fair hearing request
    is untimely.”); see also Hoskins v. State, 
    75 So. 3d 250
    , 257 (Fla. 2011)
    (“[T]his argument was not raised in the initial brief filed here. Accordingly,
    the claim is barred.”); Tillery v. Fla. Dep’t of Juv. Just., 
    104 So. 3d 1253
    ,
    1255–56 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013) (holding that an argument not raised in an
    initial brief is waived).
    Affirmed.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 21-1194

Filed Date: 2/2/2022

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 2/2/2022