20 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1091a
Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2011MANGInsurance — Discovery — Motion to compel better responses to discovery requests pertaining to payments medical provider accepts from other sources for CPT codes at issue is denied
CRAIG A. NEWMAN, D.C., P.A. (assignee of Mangan, Tera), Plaintiff, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. County Court, 13th Judicial Circuit in and for Hillsborough County, Civil Division. Case No. 12-CC-28464. August 13, 2013. Gaston J. Fernandez, Judge. Counsel: Russel M. Lazega, Florida Advocates, Dania Beach, for Plaintiff. Steven D. Manno, Andrews & Manno, PA, Tampa, for Defendant.
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTIONTO COMPEL BETTER RESPONSES TO INTERROGATORYNO. 5 AND REQUEST TO PRODUCE NOS. 3 AND 15
THIS MATTER came before the Court on August 7, 2013 upon the Defendant’s motions to compel better responses to the following discovery requests:
Interrogatory No. 5
Please state the amount Medicare or Medicaid reimburses the Plaintiff for each of the CPT codes [that are the subject of the lawsuit].
Request to Produce No. 3
Any and all information or documents evidencing what Plaintiff, or its personnel, accepted as payment from Medicare, Medicaid, Worker’s Compensation, PPO, HMO, private insurance carriers (such as Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare, Humana, etc.) private pay, or any other payor other than an automobile insurance carrier, for the CPT codes at issue in the instant lawsuit for the year in which said services were rendered.
Request to Produce No. 15
Any and all contracts or agreements between the Plaintiff and Medicare, Medicaid, Worker’s Compensation, PPO, HMO, private insurance carriers (such as Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare, Humana, etc.) private pay, or any other payor including automobile insurance carriers that establishes or outlines charges or payments for the CPT codes billed by the Plaintiff in the instant lawsuit.
and the court having considered the motion to compel better responses, the above discovery requests for which Defendant is seeking better responses and having heard argument of counsel and being otherwise fully advised, it is ORDERED that Defendant’s motion is DENIED.
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