§ 1204.054. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS ACCORDING TO ASSIGNMENT.

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An insurer shall pay benefits directly to a physician or other health care provider, and the insurer is relieved of the obligation to pay, and of any liability for paying, those benefits to the covered person if:

(1) the covered person makes a written assignment of those benefits payable to the physician or other health care provider; and

(2) the assignment is obtained by or delivered to the insurer with the claim for benefits.

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