Opinion
2007-1137 K C.
Decided December 3, 2008.
Appeal from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County (Richard Velasquez, J.), entered April 19, 2007. The order, insofar as appealed from, granted defendant's cross motion for summary judgment.
Order, insofar as appealed from, affirmed without costs.
PRESENT: PESCE, P.J., WESTON PATTERSON and RIOS, JJ.
In this action by a provider to recover assigned first-party no-fault benefits, plaintiff moved for summary judgment, and defendant cross-moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground of lack of medical necessity. The court denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and granted defendant's cross motion, holding that defendant's unrebutted peer review reports established prima facie that the services provided, two MRIs, were not medically necessary. On appeal, plaintiff does not challenge so much of the order as denied its motion for summary judgment, but argues only that defendant's proof failed to establish, prima facie, the absence of medical necessity.
We agree with the court below that defendant's peer review reports and the affidavit of its peer review chiropractor provided a factual basis and medical rationale for the reviewer's opinions that the MRIs billed for were not medically necessary and established prima facie that the services rendered were not medically necessary ( Crossbridge Diagnostic Radiology, P.C. v Progressive Ins. Co. , 20 Misc 3d 143 [A], 2008 NYSlipOp 51761[U] [App Term, 2d 11th Jud Dists 2008]; Delta Diagnostic Radiology, P.C. v Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. , 19 Misc 3d 130 [A], 2008 NYSlipOp 50535[U] [App Term, 2d 11th Jud Dists 2008]). As plaintiff failed to present any evidence to refute that showing, the court below properly granted defendant's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint ( Eden Med., P.C. v Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. , 19 Misc 3d 143 [A], 2008 NYSlipOp 51098[U] [App Term, 2d 11th Jud Dists 2008]; see also A. Khodadadi Radiology, P.C. v N.Y. Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. , 16 Misc 3d 131 [A], 2007 NY Slip Op 51342[U] [App Term, 2d 11th Jud Dists 2007]).
Pesce, P.J., Weston Patterson and Rios, JJ., concur.