Nyack Hospital v. Encompass Insurance Company, 2005-03589.
| Decision Date | 21 November 2005 |
| Docket Number | 2005-03589. |
| Citation | 23 A.D.3d 535,806 N.Y.S.2d 643,2005 NY Slip Op 08962 |
| Parties | NYACK HOSPITAL, as Assignee of STACEY GERSTEN, Appellant, v. ENCOMPASS INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, the cross motion is denied, the complaint is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
The plaintiff, Nyack Hospital (hereinafter the hospital), as assignee of Stacey Gersten, made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law on its claim for statutory interest and an attorney's fee, by submitting evidentiary proof that the prescribed statutory billing forms were mailed and received, and that payment of no-fault benefits was overdue when made (see Nyack Hosp. v Metropolitan Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 16 AD3d 564 [2005], lv denied 5 NY3d 713 [2005]).
The defendant, Encompass Insurance Company (hereinafter the insurance company), waived any defense based on the lack of a valid assignment by the claimant to the hospital, by failing to timely object to the completeness of the forms or seek verification of the assignment (see Hospital for Joint Diseases v Allstate Ins. Co., 21 AD3d 348 [2005]; Nyack Hosp. v Metropolitan Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., supra; New York & Presbyt. Hosp. v American Tr. Ins. Co., 287 AD2d 699 [2001]). Moreover, the two letters from the insurance company to the hospital, dated May 28, 2004, and June 23, 2004, respectively, stating that the claimant's hospital records had been received but that payment was delayed pending completion of the insurance company's investigation, did not toll the 30-day statutory period for paying or denying the claim (see Mount Sinai Hosp. v Triboro Coach, 263 AD2d 11 [1999]; Ocean Diagnostic Imaging P.C. v Citiwide Auto Leasing Inc., 8 Misc 3d 138[A], 2005 NY Slip Op 51314 [U] [2005]; Melbourne Med., P.C. v Utica Mut. Ins. Co., 4 Misc 3d 92 [2004]).
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