If an insurance company admits that a patient signed an assignment of benefits document and that it inadvertently paid the patient instead of the physician, the insurance company should
A) advise the physician to write-off the amount as a bad debt.
B) pay the physician within 2-3 weeks and honor the assignment even before the company recovers its money from the patient.
C) pay the physician within 2-3 weeks after recovering the money from the patient.
D) notify the physician of the error and indicate in a letter that it will never happen again.

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The insurance company should honor the assignment of benefits and pay the physician within 2-3 weeks, even before recovering the money from the patient. The mistake made by the insurance company should not affect the physician's payment for services rendered.

If an Insurance Company Admits That a Patient Signed an Assignment