Assignment of benefits authorizes
A) the payer to send payments directly to the patient.
B) none of these are correct.
C) the physician to give patients completed claim forms to send to payers.
D) the physician to file claims for a patient and receive direct payments from the payer.

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Assignment of benefits is an agreement that allows the physician (or healthcare provider) to file claims on behalf of the patient and receive payments directly from the insurance payer, rather than the payment being sent to the patient who then pays the healthcare provider.

Assignment of Benefits Authorizes