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Operation Sledgehammer Leads to Insurance Fraud Guilty Pleas

August 21, 2013

Guilty! That is the plea by four of the 92 individuals charged with federal fraud in a massive staged auto accident fraud scheme. The U.S. Attorney recently announced that Weston chiropractor Dr. Aaron Freedlander, Hollywood...

MRI Machine Housed in Kendall Semi-Trailer Forced to Close

August 20, 2013

Virtual Imaging, a Miami-Dade County healthcare company that operates several outpatient medical diagnostic imaging facilities, was recently forced to close an MRI machine that had been operating from a parked semi-trailer....

Florida Chiropractor Jailed for PIP Insurance Fraud

August 16, 2013

Cape Coral chiropractor Dr. Stephen M. Lovell, former operator of Xtreme Care Rehabilitation Center Inc., was recently sentenced to five years in prison for conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Lovell was also ordered to...

Tampa Area Alleged PIP Fraud Clinics Subject to State, not County, Enforcement

August 14, 2013

Hillsborough County’s effort to cut PIP fraud by regulating the healthcare clinics that facilitate staged accident rings came to a halt following a recent Second District Court of Appeal decision. The ruling upheld a lower...

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Silver Star PIP Fraud Judgment

August 13, 2013

The Silver Star judgment was affirmed by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in a ruling dated August 6, 2013. The case is State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Silver Star Health & Rehab, No. 12-12181. A central issue was...

Medicare Fee Schedules Must Be Disclosed in PIP Policies

August 8, 2013

The Florida Supreme Court recently ruled in Geico General Insurance Company v. Virtual Imaging Services, Inc. that insurance companies offering PIP policies must notify their policyholders if they plan to use Medicare-based...

Nominate FLPIPGUIDE.com for the ABA Blawg 100

August 7, 2013

The ABA is giving blog readers a chance to vote for their favorite law blog as part of the ABA Blawg 100 annual selection process. Known as “Blawg Amici,” these friend-of-the-blawg briefs are short testimonials from...

PIP Clinic Owner Arrested for Improper Campaign Donations

February 28, 2013

Florida Wellness & Rehabilitation Center owner, Mark Cereceda, surrendered Friday to charges of illegal campaign donations throughout Florida. The owner of the Hialeah injury clinic, a chiropractor himself, donated over...

“Operation Never Ends” Leads to Closure of Two Clinics, Multiple Arrests

December 17, 2012

“Operation Never Ends,” the multi-organizational investigation organized by Miami police, the Secret Service, local and state agencies and insurance companies, has led to the closure of two clinics involved in staging...

Insurance Information Institute Comments on PIP Premium Changes and Significance of the January 1, 2013 Effective Date of 2012 PIP Law Changes

October 24, 2012

Tampa Bay Fox 13 recently featured a segment regarding the effect of House Bill 119, the 2012 PIP law change, on PIP premium rates. Lynne McChristian of the Insurance Information Institute, shed some light what appears to...

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