265.958 Authorized Assignment of Benefits:
MSSNY will seek legislation or regulation to: (a) ensure that third-party payers be required to issue payment directly to providers when the patient has signed an authorization for the assignment of benefits; (b) mandate that health plans notify physicians when claim payments are issued to the insured rather than the physician who has an assignment agreement; (c) develop a mechanism for health plans to have the legal responsibility for reporting claim payments made to insureds/patients to the Internal Revenue Service as ‘1099’ Compensation Income when payment has not been made to the physician who provided care.
MSSNY will seek federal legislation to have plans currently protected by ERISA produce the same ‘1099’ Compensation Income reports made to the beneficiary when health plan payments are made to the beneficiary rather than the physician who provided treatment. (HOD 2000-256; Reaffirmed HOD 2009-63; Reaffirmed HOD 2015 in lieu of res 63; Reaffirmed HOD-2016-50)
