Had surgery . Insurance sent me a check for payment of the surgery to be paid to surgical center in my name can i make monthly payments on surgery

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Had surgery . Insurance sent me a check for payment of the surgery to be paid to surgical center in my name can i make monthly payments on surgery

Can i keep the money and make payments
on the surgery

Asked on December 8, 2016 under Insurance Law, Indiana

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 7 years ago | Contributor

Legally, if the check is made out to you, you can keep it: if the insurer wanted the money to go directly to the center, they could have written the check directly to them. There is nothing illegal about keeping a check made out to you. As for whether you can make monthly payments to the center: that's up to the center--if they agree to it, that's fine. 


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