16958. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 51, Sec. 43.)
If, after receiving payment from the account, a physician is reimbursed by a patient or a responsible third-party, the physician shall do one of the following:
(a)Notify the administering agency and the administering…#
(a) Notify the administering agency and the administering agency shall reduce the physician’s future payment of claims from the account . In the event there is not a subsequent submission of a claim for reimbursement within one year, the physician shall reimburse the account in an amount equal to the amount collected from the patient or third-party payor, but not more than the amount of reimbursement received from the account.
(b)Notify the administering agency of the payment and…#
(b) Notify the administering agency of the payment and reimburse the account in an amount equal to the amount collected from the patient or third-party payor, but not more than the amount of the reimbursement received from the account for that patient’s care.