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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 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 are the legal obligation of the claimant. The direct payment to the health care provider is a discretionary method by which the award made to the claimant for medical expenses may be discharged.
(C) Except as prohibited by division (K) of section 4121.44 of the Revised Code , when payment is made to the claimant, the sole legal recourse of the health care provider is against the claimant.
Effective:
02/01/2010
R.C.
119.032 review dates:
11/17/2009 and
11/01/2014
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority:
4121.12,
4121.121,
4121.30,
4121.31,
4121.44,
4121.441,
4123.05,
4123.66 Rule Amplifies:
4121.121,
4121.44,
4121.441,
4123.66
Prior
Effective Dates: 2/12/97, 1/1/99, 2/14/05