On May 8, 2012, Palm Beach County Court Judge Sandra Bosso Pardo granted Final Judgment for State Farm in a claim for PIP benefits filed by Lake Worth Emergency Chiropractic Center, P.A. Judge Bosso Pardo granted...
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The American Insurance Association (AIA) applauded Governor Rick Scott’s signing Florida’s new PiP law Friday. In a statement from Ray Farmer, AIA southeast region vice president, about Scott’s signing HB 119, Farmer...
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Issues Informational Memorandum On New PIP Statute “Fee Schedules”
May 6, 2012
On the same day Florida’s new PIP statute was signed by Governor Rick Scott, Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR), and Insurance Commissioner Kevin M. McCarty, released Informational Memorandum OIR-12-02M to...
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater reported a record setting first quarter for the Florida Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF). With over 100 arrests each month so far in 2012, and...
According to an April, 2012 report from the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, social marketing, and directing marketing campaigns at those who commit “small crimes,” is an effective deterrent in the national insurance...
3 Clinics Closed and 13 People Arrested
April 27, 2012
After a year of investigation, the Miami Police Department announced a series of arrests and clinic closures as a result of Operation Crash Clinics. The investigation focused on the scheme of medical providers billing for...
Agency for Health Care Administration Mobile App
April 27, 2012
Yesterday the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) released its mobile app allowing consumers the ability to obtain medical provider location & driving directions. AHCA says the following about the app: “I am...
Major Gap In New PIP Law?
April 27, 2012
The Palm Beach Post reports that concern is growing over the effective dates involved in the new PIP law, House Bill 0119. Some interpretations indicate that as of July 1, 2012, medical providers who would otherwise be...
Florida Supreme Court to Decide Fee Schedule Issue
April 26, 2012
Yesterday the 3rd District Court of Appeal rendered its decision Geico v. Virtual Imaging (a/a/o Maria Tirado). While the Court ruled it was bound by its prior decision denying the use of the Fee Schedule as found in...
Miami-Dade County Passes PIP Ordinance
April 20, 2012
On February 21, 2012 the Miami-Dade Board of County Comisioners voted on and passed a County ordinance setting forth registration requirements for medical providers who provide treatment to PIP patients. According to the...