Assignment of Benefits (AOB)

• Assignment of Benefits (AOB) is an agreement between the patient and the insurance company that provides authority to the insurance company to make the payment of the patient's health services directly to the provider once signed by the patient.

• An insurance company does not have the right to make the payment directly to the provider if AOB is not signed by the patient.  

• The provider gets the AOB signed by the patient before performing the actual services.