{"id":2747,"date":"2024-03-03T09:15:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T09:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridapimag.com\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2025-05-02T05:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:32:58","slug":"the-14-day-treatment-rule-and-how-to-handle-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/amb-group\/the-14-day-treatment-rule-and-how-to-handle-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The 14 Day Treatment Rule and how to handle it"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I have noticed recently an alarming high rate of PIP claims being denied by various insurance companies based on a patient not receiving treatment within 14 days of the date of the accident. It seems to me that insurance companies have a conference as to what their latest maneuver will be to deny claims and then all of a sudden you see different insurance companies denying claims for the same reason. So, let me remind you of the 14-day rule and how it works.<\/span>
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<\/span>FS \u00a7627.736(1)(a) requires a patient to receive treatment, medical care or some type of initial services within 14 days of the accident as shown below\uff1a\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

  1. REQUIRED BENEFITS.\u2014An insurance policy complying with the security requirements of s. 627.733 must provide personal injury protection to the named insured, relatives residing in the same household, persons operating the insured motor vehicle, passengers in the motor vehicle, and other persons struck by the motor vehicle and suffering bodily injury while not an occupant of a self-propelled vehicle, subject to subsection (2) and paragraph (4)(e), to a limit of $10,000 in medical and disability benefits and S5.000 in death benefits resulting from bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle as follows:<\/span>