Insurers’ Suit Over Clinics’ Ownership, Billing Scheme Survives Dismissal

(June 18, 2020, 8:12 AM EDT) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on May 22 denied motions to dismiss a lawsuit brought by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. claiming that two clinics and their owners violated the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (FDUTPA) by submitting claims for no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) benefits from clinics that were not wholly owned by a licensed physician as required by state law, holding that the insurers sufficiently stated claims for relief (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., et al. v. Advantacare of Florida Inc., et al., No. 19-cv-1837-Orl-41LRH, M.D. Fla., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92302)....