Section 22:1822 - Proceeds from health care payments; notice to patient, creditorA. Any entity, including a health care provider as defined by R.S. 40:1231.1, receiving health insurance payments from a health insurer or other payor of health care benefits shall provide written notice to the patient, policyholder, or insured of the receipt of the payment within ten working days of receipt of a written request for such notice by certified mail.B.(1) The person who is entitled to receipt of the payment may file suit to recover the monies due, plus attorney fees and court costs. Such suit may be filed no sooner than thirty days after the payment has been posted to the account of the health care provider.(2) Nothing in this Section shall affect the right of subrogation by the insurer or health care provider.(3) The notice requirement to the patient, policyholder, or insured shall not apply if the health insurer or other payor of health care benefits making payments to the health care provider sends notification of payment to the patient, policyholder, or insured.Acts 1997, No. 1385, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:674 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.Acts 1997, No. 1385, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:674 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. 1/1/2009.