24 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 308a
Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2404OCTAInsurance — Evidence — Judicial notice — Medicare Part B fee schedule and federal government website, CMS.gov
APPLE MEDICAL CENTER, LLC (a/a/o Williams, Octavia), Plaintiff, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. County Court, 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County. Case No. 12-12345 SP 23 (01). June 7, 2016. Myriam Lehr, Judge. Counsel: Robert B. Goldman, Florida Advocates, Dania Beach, for Plaintiff. Joseph Glace, Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy & Ford, P.A., Coral Gables, for Defendant.
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
JUDICIAL NOTICE OF THE MEDICARE PART B
PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE AND CMS.GOV
THIS CAUSE having come before the Court on June 7, 2016, upon the Plaintiff’s Motion for Judicial Notice of the Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule, and the Court having considered the motion, having heard argument of counsel and being otherwise fully advised, it is
ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Judicial Notice is GRANTED, as follows:
1. There are currently pending in this division the following 11 cases in which the Florida Advocates law firm represents the Plaintiff and the Wicker Smith law firm represents the Defendant –
• Apple Medical Center (a/a/o Vilaseco, Eduardo) v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Case No. 2015-9667 SP 23 (01) • Apple Medical Center (a/a/o Alvarez, Rafael 2) v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Case No. 12-04705 SP 23 (01) • Apple Medical Center (a/a/o Cosculluela, Miguel) v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Case No. 14-9354 SP 23 (01) • Apple Medical Center (a/a/o Diehs, Antonio) v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Case No. 12-15802 SP 23 (01) • Apple Medical Center (a/a/o Garcia, Ileana) v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Case 12-20103 SP 23 (01) • Apple Medical Center (a/a/o Man, Shun) v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Case 12-14220 SP 23 (01) • Apple Medical Center (a/a/o Marchese, Helen) v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Case 12-22047 SP 23 (01) • Apple Medical Center (a/a/o Silva, Margarita) v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Case 12-10911 SP 23 (01) • Apple Medical Center (a/a/o Valdivia, Ricardo) v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Case 12-20102 SP 23 (1) • Apple Medical Center (a/a/o Vargas, Charmain) v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Case 12-19213 SP 23 (01) • Apple Medical Center (a/a/o Williams, Octavia) v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Case 12-12345 SP 23 (01) 2. This Order shall apply to all of the aforementioned cases.
3. Plaintiff has given timely written notice of the request, proof of which has been filed with the Court, to enable Defendant to prepare to meet the request, and has furnished the Court with sufficient information to enable it to take judicial notice of the matter. More particularly, the Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule, constitutes “facts that are not subject to dispute because they are capable of accurate and ready determination” by resort to CMS.gov, the federal government website managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service, the entity that administers Medicare, a source “whose accuracy cannot be questioned.” §§ 90.202, 90.203, Fla. Stat.
