In the wake of highly publicized state and federal investigations into health insurers' use of Ingenix databases for determining "usual and customary" charges, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation ("OIR") is now conducting its own investigation. On July 28, 2009, Florida's Insurance Consumer Advocate sent a letter to Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty requesting that the OIR "investigate the nature and extent of the use of the Ingenix databases by health insurance companies in Florida" and asks Commissioner McCarty "to not only recommend solutions for halting this practice but also to work toward securing restitution for Florida consumers who were underpaid by their health insurers."

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