Regulation .05 Assignment of Benefits — Nonpreferred Providers.
Regulation .05 Assignment of Benefits — Nonpreferred Providers.LinkCopy Citation
A.
This regulation applies to carriers who receive claims for services provided by physicians who are nonpreferred providers but are not on-call physicians or hospital-based physicians.
B.
A carrier shall permit a nonpreferred provider described in §A of this regulation to accept an assignment of benefits under a preferred provider insurance policy offered by the carrier.
C.
Except as provided in Insurance Article, §14-205.3(g), Annotated Code of Maryland, a carrier that receives a claim for services provided by a nonpreferred provider described in §A of this regulation who accepts an assignment of benefits under a preferred provider insurance policy shall pay the nonpreferred provider directly if the nonpreferred provider:
(1)
Provides a copy of the disclosure set forth in Regulation .06 of this chapter to an insured before performing a health care service for the insured; and
(2)
Submits a copy of the signed disclosure set forth in Regulation .06 of this chapter to the carrier.