Delta Diagnostic Radiology, P.C. v. American Transit Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum. Order affirmed without costs. In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff moved for summary judgment, inter alia, on the ground that defendant’s NF-10 denial of claim form, which alleged the lack of medical necessity, failed to assert sufficient facts and a medical rationale based thereon to set forth, with the requisite specificity, a proper ground for the denial. The court denied the motion, finding the denial form’s reference to a negative peer review report sufficient to apprise plaintiff of the basis of its determination that the medical services provided were medically unnecessary. Plaintiff appeals, and we affirm (A.B. Med. Servs., PLLC v Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 39 AD3d 779 [2d Dept 2007]). To the extent that A.B. Med. Servs. PLLC v GEICO Cas. Ins. Co. (12 Misc 3d 30 [App Term, 2d & 11th Jud Dists 2006]) and related cases are to the contrary, they should no longer be followed (see 11 NYCRR 65-3.8 [b] [4]). Pesce, BJ., Golia and Rios, JJ., concur.