Progressive Select Insurance Co. v. Florida Emergency Physicians

Progressive Select Insurance Company (“Progressive”) seeks certiorari review of a final order of the circuit court, sitting in its appellate capacity. The circuit court affirmed the county court’s ruling that, under our PIP statute, a provider of emergency services, such as Florida’s Emergency Physicians (“FEP”), that timely submits its bill within the thirty-day window contemplated by section 627.736(4)(c), Florida Statutes (2012), is entitled to have its bill paid, regardless of the existence of a deductible in the insured’s insurance contract.1

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