tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22600651.post7171468020077917376..comments2021-03-02T21:09:48.844-05:00Comments on Kentucky Tort and Insurance Law Journal: Chiropractor on Trial, PIP Abuse, and Other ThoughtsEdward A. Brutscherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674835677800503865noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22600651.post-31716216520362128882008-01-18T12:37:00.000-05:002008-01-18T12:37:00.000-05:00I received the following comment to this post via ...I received the following comment to this post via email from a fellow attorney who asked to remain anonymous. <BR/><BR/>In response to your Chiropractor on Trial Blog - I too have thought that the amounts clients have to pay out in medical care from PIP is unfair to the client as it uses up their PIP money unwisely. I have tried - sometimes successfully sometimes not - to require the health care provider to go through the clients medical insurance and then had the medical insurance carrier reimbursed the amount of money they paid with PIP money. That way my client gets a lot more bang for the buck. I am not always successful with this as it always depends upon when I get the client. <BR/> <BR/>I don't think we need to go the route of a "fee schedule" or in controlling what test or services the physician performs. However, It would seem appropriate that the law be changed so that the health care provider - as a matter of public policy - be allowed to only charge/ receive compensation from PIP at the "best" rate they have contracted with health insurance companies. If Humana/ Anthem pays $400.00 for a MRI then the PIP carrier should only have to pay $400.00 and not $1,200.00. Further, since the amount of $10,000.00 PIP has remained the same since it was first introduced in the 70's and the cost of health care has probably doubled since that time - it is about time that the PIP benefits increase to $20,000.00.Edward A. Brutscherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674835677800503865noreply@blogger.com