{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3901.386","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 3901.386","heading":"Reimbursement contract - reimbursements to be made directly to hospital - assignment of benefits.","body":"(A) Notwithstanding section 1751.13 or division (I)(2) of section 3923.04 of the Revised Code, a reimbursement contract entered into or renewed on or after June 29, 1988, between a third-party payer and a hospital shall provide that reimbursement for any service provided by a hospital pursuant to a reimbursement contract and covered under a benefits contract shall be made directly to the hospital.\n(B) If the third-party payer and the hospital have not entered into a contract regarding the provision and reimbursement of covered services, the third-party payer shall accept and honor a completed and validly executed assignment of benefits with a hospital by a beneficiary, except when the third-party payer has notified the hospital in writing of the conditions under which the third-party payer will not accept and honor an assignment of benefits. Such notice shall be made annually.\n(C) A third-party payer may not refuse to accept and honor a validly executed assignment of benefits with a hospital pursuant to division (B) of this section for medically necessary hospital services provided on an emergency basis.","path":["Title 39 Insurance","Chapter 3901 Superintendent Of Insurance"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3901.386","current_through":"2002-07-24 (Senate Bill 4 - 124th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:35Z","sha256":"54cd7d0c37e2f6871ce51401e398101b6c95ff480d3fbcf06b54c28d04a08949","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3901.385","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3901.387"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}