New York's highest court of appeals has held that no-fault insurers cannot deny no-fault benefits where they unilaterally determine that a provider has committed misconduct based upon alleged fraudulent conduct. The Court held that this authority belongs solely to state regulators, specifically New York's Board of Regents, which oversees professional licensing and discipline. This follows a similar recent ruling in Florida reported in this publication.
Alex Vasquez, DC, ND, DO
Dr. Alex Vasquez is a 1996 graduate of Western States Chiropractic College (Doctor of Chiropractic) 1999 graduate of Bastyr University (Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine), and 2010 graduate of University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine). A prolific author with more than 70 published articles/papers and five books to his credit, Dr. Vasquez's two most recent texts are Chiropractic and Naturopathic Mastery of Common Clinical Disorders and Chiropractic Management of Chronic Hypertension; excerpts from the latter will be published as articles in DC in the coming months.