Volume 10

10 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1001b

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Coverage — Denial — Unregistered clinic — Mobile diagnostic testing facility which travels to doctors’ offices to perform range of motion testing and maintains office used exclusively to prepare reports, maintain records, and perform billing operations does not fall under statutory definition of clinic required to register with Department of Health

10 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 732a

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Coverage — Code for special report is not associated with providing medical service and is therefore not compensable

10 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 726a

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Coverage — Unregistered medical providers — Where clinic had mailed registration form to Department of Health at time of rendering services to insured, but registration had not yet been issued, services were unlawful and noncompensable

10 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 720c

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Coverage — Unregistered medical provider — Fully mobile diagnostic testing company which provides medical services at offices of physicians requesting services and uses own office only to prepare reports does not meet statutory definition of clinic required to register with Department of Health

10 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 720b

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Coverage — Unregistered medical provider — Fully mobile medical provider which solely conducts diagnostic testing does not meet statutory definition of clinic required to register with Department of Health

10 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 717b

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Coverage — Unregistered medical provider — Fully mobile medical provider which solely conducts diagnostic testing does not meet statutory definition of clinic required to register with Department of Health

10 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 59b

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Medical expenses — Transportation costs — Insured seeking reimbursement for cost of transportation failed to meet burden to prove that treatment for which transportation was incurred was reasonable and necessary

10 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 451a

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Preferred provider rates — Assignee who executed PPO contract brings suit against insurer with all of the rights of insured and her non-PPO policy — Section 627.736(10) provides exclusive means by which insurer may pay reduced PPO rates on PIP claim — Summary judgment granted in favor of assignee

10 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 868a

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Preferred providers — No error in finding that insurer who had not directly contracted with medical provider for PPO rates was required to pay PIP benefits at statutory rate — Summary judgment awarding entire amount medical provider claimed may have been inappropriate where reasonableness of charges was an issue but, where issue was not raised on appeal, appellate court affirms

10 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 51a

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Preferred provider rates — Insurer that failed to adhere to requirements of 627.736(10) to have PPO policy with insured may not raise Beech Street Network affirmative defense against suit by assignee