Tampa Medical Firm Accused of End Run Around Florida’s New PIP Law

By | April 6, 2012

  • April 7, 2012 at 8:03 pm
    AllstateMan says:
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    Where is the element of fraud here, and why is Senator Boyd asking for an investigation? Didn’t the bill he wrote and sponsor say that in order for a chiropractor to have access to the full $10k of PIP coverage that a MD (among others) must declare the injuries represent an “Emergency Medical Situation”? Not everyone in this business are crooks, and if that is the assumption then the legislation should have gotten rid of PIP completely.

    • April 9, 2012 at 2:39 pm
      Darrell says:
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      Thanks for the comments. I own the agency that sent the flyers out. My company does Healthcare (Physician and Nurse) Staffing and Placement. My thought was to “help keep Chiropractors in compliance with the law”.
      I did not write the bill, nor did I try to cause any issues with Senator Boyd.
      Most Doctors and Chiropractors are ethical and honest! I am a Registered Nurse and it bothers me when Healthcare professionals are all categorized and thought of as crooks!

      We help the sick, injured, that’s what we do!

      • April 11, 2012 at 9:00 am
        Hillsborough agent says:
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        I think the senator is out of line here. They created rules. You are trying to grow your business by helping chiropractors grow or maintain their business while playing by the rules established.

        Where so many saw doom and gloom, you saw opportunity. That is free enterprise at its finest.

      • July 21, 2012 at 7:52 am
        michael sofer, Dc says:
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        Hi,
        I’m a chiropractor in orlando fl and looking for a osteopath for my clinic in metrowest fl probably part time for evaluations/diagnostics.

        Let me know if you can help

        Michael Sofer, DC

  • April 9, 2012 at 8:17 am
    Al says:
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    There is no fraud in this type of advertizing. The fraud will be when almost all, if not all, patients are certified as having an emergency. Unfortunately the way the Bill was rewritten during the last hours of the last day of the session, created these opportunity for the PIP clinics. Rep Boyd, these are not strange things that people do, this is what they have been doing for the last 20+ years. Sorry, it was a good effort, but is not going to work. Need to go back to the drawing board.

  • April 9, 2012 at 9:49 am
    Bob says:
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    The legislature gave the PIP operators, which view this benefit as an entitlement, a way out. Nobody to blame but the legislature (again.

  • April 9, 2012 at 1:06 pm
    SWFL Agent says:
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    There was only a token amount of opposition to this bill from the medical and legal community. That should have been the first clue that there are plenty of weaknesses that can and will be exploited. It’s great that Sen. Boyd tried to tackle this but it just falls short.

  • April 9, 2012 at 1:10 pm
    Hillsborough agent says:
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    If I were an MD, I’d be spending Monday at Chiropractor A, Tuesday at Chiropractor B, Wednesday at Chiropractor C, ….etc.

    They’d each be paying me about $1000 per week. No office, no overhead, no employees, $200k+ per year. Sounds like a decent life.

    • April 9, 2012 at 1:57 pm
      SWFL Agent says:
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      Yes, not much liability either. You wouldn’t really be doing anything except “signing-off” to have someone else treat them. I am sure thers is an MD willing to do this job.



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