Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...lizing it. 51 Cal.3d 120, 271 CaLRptr. 146, 793 P.2d 479, 486 (Cal.1990). Plaintiffs also reference a Florida law that requires health care providers to provide written disclosures to patients of potential financial conflicts of interest. Fla. Stat. § 456.052 (precluding referrals by health care providers unless their financial interest is disclosed)....

...In their second issue, the appellants claim that the trial court erred in denying their motion for directed verdict as to the charges made by Dr. Theofilos for MRIs performed at a facility he himself owned, as such a referral violated the Patient Self-Referral Act. The defendants maintain that section 456.052, Florida Statutes, prohibits physicians from making self-referrals to facilities in which they have a financial interest absent compliance with the statute’s disclosure requirements, which were not met here. It is unclear from this record, however, whether the statute was violated. Section 456.052 states that “[a] health care provider shall not refer a patient to an entity in which such provider is an investor unless, prior to the referral, the provider furnishes the patient with a written disclosure form, informing the patient of’ the interest, the identity of the entity in which the provider has an interest, the patient’s rights to alternative services, and the identities of at least two alternative sources of the services. § 456.052(1), Fla....

potential financial conflicts of interest. Fla. Stat. § 456.052 (precluding referrals by health care providers

prohibits minors from undergoing such treatment. See § 456.52(1), Fla. Stat. (2023) (“Sex-reassignment prescriptions