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• Your signed authorization to your doctor or hospital (medical provider) assigning payment to be made directly to them for your medical treatment.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  assignment. (n.d.). Glossary of Health Insurance Terms. Retrieved May 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/assignment.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  assignment. www.insurance.ca.gov. Glossary of Health Insurance Terms. California Department of Insurance. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/assignment (accessed: May 28, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "assignment." Glossary of Health Insurance Terms. California Department of Insurance. 28 May. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/assignment.

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