a. With respect to a carrier which offers a managed care plan that provides for both in-network and out-of-network benefits, in the event that: (1) a covered person is admitted by an out-of-network health care provider to an in-network health care facility for covered, medically necessary health care services; or (2) the covered person receives covered, medically necessary health care services from an out-of-network health care provider while the covered person is a patient at an in-network health
a. (1) Except as provided in subsection e. of this section, a health service corporation that makes a dental benefit payment to a covered person for services rendered by an out-of-network dentist shall issue the payment to the covered person in accordance with the time frames set forth in section 4 of P.L. 1999, c. 154(C.17:48E-10.1), and shall, within three days of issuing the payment, provide a notification to the out-of-network dentist of the amount and date of the payment and the services for