Section 41-5-8 - Medical benefits prior to judgment.
41-5-8. Medical benefits prior to judgment.
A health care provider named as a defendant in a malpractice claim, or named as a respondent in a proceeding before the medical review commission created in the Medical Malpractice Act [this article], shall have the option of paying for the patient's medical care and related benefits at any time prior to the entry of a judgment. Except as provided in Section 11 [41-5-11 NMSA 1978] of the Medical Malpractice Act, evidence of a health care provider's payment for such benefits shall not be admissible in the trial of the malpractice claim brought against it.