Ohio Admin. Code 4123-6-41 - No legal relationship between the industrial commission or bureau and a health care provider
(A) Direct payment to a health care provider
or other person by the industrial commission, self-insuring employer, bureau of
workers' compensation, or their agent, for medical care rendered to
a claimant
an
injured worker does not imply or create a legal relationship between the
provider or person and the commission, self-insuring employer, bureau, or their
agent.
(B) The services rendered to
the claimant
injured worker are the legal obligation of the
claimant
injured
worker . The direct payment to the health care provider is a discretionary
method by which the award made to the claimant
injured
worker for medical expenses may be discharged.
(C) Except as prohibited by division (O) of
section
4121.44
of the Revised Code, when payment is made to the claimant
injured
worker , the sole legal recourse of the health care provider is against
the claimant
injured
worker .
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.30, 4121.31, 4121.44, 4121.441, 4123.05, 4123.66
Rule Amplifies: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.44, 4121.441, 4123.66
Prior Effective Dates: 02/12/1997, 01/01/1999, 02/14/2005, 02/01/2010, 11/13/2015
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(A) Direct payment to a health care provider or other person by the industrial commission, self-insuring employer, bureau of workers' compensation, or their agent, for medical care rendered to a claimant an injured worker does not imply or create a legal relationship between the provider or person and the commission, self-insuring employer, bureau, or their agent.
(B) The services rendered to the claimant injured worker are the legal obligation of the claimant injured worker . The direct payment to the health care provider is a discretionary method by which the award made to the claimant injured worker for medical expenses may be discharged.
(C) Except as prohibited by division (O) of section 4121.44 of the Revised Code, when payment is made to the claimant injured worker , the sole legal recourse of the health care provider is against the claimant injured worker .
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.30, 4121.31, 4121.44, 4121.441, 4123.05, 4123.66
Rule Amplifies: 4121.12, 4121.121, 4121.44, 4121.441, 4123.66
Prior Effective Dates: 02/12/1997, 01/01/1999, 02/14/2005, 02/01/2010, 11/13/2015