Effects of 2013 PIP Law on Doctors and Medical Providers

The updates to Florida’s PIP law, effective January 1, 2013 contain a myriad of potholes for the ill-prepared medical provider. In this video, Orlando injury lawyer Michael T. Gibson provides tips and strategies for doctors that will be caring for auto accident victims under this new law. With these patients, it will be important that physicians ask themselves “What is the worst possible diagnosis with the symptoms presented?” and they should keep in mind that an Emergent Medical Condition (EMC) does not have to be definitive, but it does need to be more likely than not.