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Yes. Under the PIP statute, initial care and services provided within the first 14 days, after the accident can be provided by an M.D., D.O., D.C., dentist, hospital, and ambulance.

Medical doctors, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, hospitals, and EMS services. The amended Florida PIP statute does not allow massage therapists or acupuncturists to bill PIP for medical services rendered. Further, massage therapy and acupuncture services are no longer covered even when a medical doctor is overseeing such services.

A good personal injury attorney like the Landau Law Group knows first and foremost the rights of our clients. We will take the time to clearly explain all of those rights and answer all questions about your right to compensation. Once Landau starts the proceedings it is no longer you dealing alone with the other party’s insurance company or attorneys. You now have the power of our group behind you. We will make decisions together and guide you through every aspect of the process leaving you with a confident feeling that you have the right people on your side.

In many cases involving personal injury, the case will not necessarily go to court. This is when having an experienced, knowledgeable and trustworthy personal injury attorney like the Landau Law Group on your team. We will be at your side and guide you through all aspects of binding arbitration or even mediation. Most importantly, we will be there to advise you about settlement offers that can come in so you have the informed decision on whether or not the settlement is right for you.

In accordance with the applicable Florida PIP statutes (F.S. 627.730 – 627.7405), an EMC is a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, which may include severe pain, such that the absence of immediate attention would be reasonably expected to result in any of the following:

• serious jeopardy to the patient’s health
• serious impairment to bodily function
• serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part

The law does not say. However, as a matter of practice, I believe an EMC should be done after MRI’s and related diagnostics are performed so the medical provider can adequately support the EMC conclusion with clinical correlation. Further, I believe it would be wise to correlate all clinical findings and presentation with diagnostic results at the earliest opportunity. On disc injury cases with discogenic symptomatology, it may be wise to involve an interventional pain physician (Anesthesiologist or Physiatrist) sooner than later. If the client’s pain and clinical presentation does not improve over a finite period of time (three months) and injections fail to alleviate the symptoms; it will be much easier for the interventional pain doctor to substantiate a finding that the auto accident victim has met the EMC threshold.

A patient that has failed conservative care and injection therapy should be evaluated by a surgeon as evidenced by their inability to improve after all less restrictive measures aside from surgery. In turn, this bolsters any argument that the claimant has sustained an EMC even if the physician did not actually expressly state the words “emergency medical condition.”