New York and Presbyterian Hospital, etc., respondent, v. TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (2006)

In an action to recover no-fault medical payments, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Joseph, J.), dated October 31, 2005, which granted the motion of the plaintiff New York and Presbyterian Hospital for summary judgment on the third cause of action and denied the defendants' cross motion for summary judgment dismissing that cause of action.

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

 In support of its motion for summary judgment on the third cause of action, the plaintiff New York and Presbyterian Hospital, as assignee of William Browne, made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting a hospital bill with a signed certified mail return receipt and by submitting the affidavit of its third-party biller, who attested that he billed the defendants for the subject medical treatment and that the defendants failed to pay the claim or issue a denial of claim form (see New York & Presby. Hosp. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 30 A.D.3d 492, 493, 819 N.Y.S.2d 268).   In opposition to the motion the defendants failed to raise a triable issue of fact, and in support of their cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the third cause of action the defendants failed to demonstrate their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law.   The defendants' failure to timely object to the adequacy of the claim forms or seek verification of the assignment constituted a waiver of any defenses based thereon (see Nyack Hosp. v. Encompass Ins. Co., 23 A.D.3d 535, 806 N.Y.S.2d 643, lv. denied 7 N.Y.3d 741, 819 N.Y.S.2d 875, 853 N.E.2d 246;  Hospital for Joint Diseases v. Allstate Ins. Co., 21 A.D.3d 348, 800 N.Y.S.2d 190;  Nyack Hosp. v. Metropolitan Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 16 A.D.3d 564, 791 N.Y.S.2d 658;  New York Hosp. Med. Ctr. of Queens v. AIU Ins. Co., 8 A.D.3d 456, 779 N.Y.S.2d 503).

Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the motion and denied the cross motion.