RICHARD ALFRED WASHINGTON, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

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  …nefits to mean the date the employee first visits an authorized physician, which could “produce the first available information useful to the employer and carrier to determine whether the injury is compensable.... ” Osceola County Sck. Bd. v. Arace, 884 So. 2d 1003, 1006 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004). In the present case, the record clearly establishes that claimant’s first visit to the office of Dr. Scharf, the authorized physician, occurred well before the performance of the laminectomy of June 24, 2004, and the surgi…
• Begley's Cleaning Serv. & Nationwide Ins. Co. v. Costa, 913 So. 2d 1244 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005)
  …ter investigation.” (emphasis added)). See also Tomaskovich v. Lapointe, 904 So. 2d 538, 540 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005) (“[T]he benefit that triggers the 120-day period must actually be provided, not merely authorized.’’); Osceola County Sch. Bd. v. Arace, 884 So. 2d 1003, 1006 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004) (“[T]he first authorized doctor’s visit by a claimant is the ‘initial provision of benefits,’ beginning the 120-day pay-and-investigate period mentioned in section ’ 440.20(4), Florida Statutes (2000).”); Jeffrey’s Steel v.…
• Tomaskovich v. Lapointe, 904 So. 2d 538 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005)
  …e § 440.20(4), Fla. Stat. (2001); Willis v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., 871 So. 2d 941 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004). However, the benefit that triggers the 120-day period must actually be provided, not merely authorized. See Osceola County Sch. Bd. v. Arace, 884 So. 2d 1003 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004). Here, the record unequivocally indicates Dr. Wolff performed an IME. Dr. Wolffs report is labeled, “Independent Medical Evaluation,” and states that “[t]he examination was conducted consistent with the guidelines of the America…