Whether a medical provider who obtained a written assignment of benefit is required to obtain consent from the fully-insured plan

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether or not a medical provider who obtained a written assignment of benefit in accordance Georgia § 33-24-54 is required to obtain a consent or a “permission slip” from the fully-insured plan in order to have a valid assignment of benefit. . 1 Recently, the 11 th circuit has suggested that the State of . Georgia does not have a mandatory provider assignment of benefit statue that expressly prohibits provider antiassignment clauses. See Georgia § 33-24-54. See Griffin v. Focus Brands, Inc., 635 Fed.Appx. 796 (2015); Here, Humana, the health insurer, dodges Georgia § 33-24-54, because the provider failed to obtain a permission slip or consent from the plan.