27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 433b
Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2705TRINInsurance — Personal injury protection — Coverage — Medical expenses — Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction is coding policy/payment methodology and not utilization limit
SOUTH FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF WELLNESS & REHAB, LLC a/a/o Jennifer Trinidad, Appellant, v. PROGRESSIVE SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. Circuit Court, 11th Judicial Circuit (Appellate) in and for Miami-Dade County. Case No. 2017-000130 AP 01. L.T. Case No. 2015-9135 SP 25. July 12, 2019. An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Jason Dimitris, Judge. Counsel: Virginia M. Best and Johanna M. Menendez, Best & Menendez, for Appellant. Kenneth P. Hazouri, deBeaubien, Simmons, Knight, Mantzaris & Neal, LLP, for Appellee.
[Lower Court order at 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 129a.]
(Before GUZMAN, REBULL, and RUIZ, JJ.)
(PER CURIAM.) Affirmed. Under the following cases, with which we agree, MPPR is a payment methodology, and not a utilization limit. See State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins, Co. v. Pan Am Diagnostic Servs. Inc., a/a/o Cristina Lasaga, 27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 19a (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct. Mar. 1, 2019); State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Millennium Radiology, LLC d/b/a Mobile Imaging of America a/a/o Jorge Sanchez, 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 871a (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct. Jan. 9, 2019); State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Pan Am Diagnostic Servs. d/b/a Wide Open MRI a/a/o Maxime Jean Louis, 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 466b (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct. Sept. 5, 2018).
Appellant’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees is denied.
Appellee’s Motion for Provisional Award of Appellate Attorney Fees pursuant to Section 768.79, Florida Statutes is granted. See Lantigua v. Lopes, 696 So. 2d 532, 533 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997) [22 Fla. L. Weekly D1660a]. This will serve as a conditional order with remand for determination contingent on the trial court ascertaining the validity of the Proposals for Settlement, compliance with the statute and rule, and the appropriate amount of a reasonable fee. Appellee’s Motion for Appellate Attorney Fees is denied as a duplicate motion.
AFFIRMED. (GUZMAN, REBULL, and RUIZ, JJ. concur.)
