and effect of a dismissal of the claim petition and shall be final and conclusive upon the employee and the employee’s dependents, and shall be a complete surrender of any right to compensation or other benefits arising out of such claim under the statute.” Ibid. Section 20 is a settlement mechanism available to the employee, the employees dependents, and the employer to avoid a hearing on contested issues and to provide the parties with the security of a certain outcome. There is no language in Section 20 or its legislative history that suggests that medical providers who do not participate in settlement negotiations or agree to a settlement surrender their contractual rights to payment for services rendered to an employee. See N.J.S.A. 34 uper. 484, 489, 602 A.2d 292 (App.Div.1992) (<HOLDING>). III. The Appellate Division concluded that
holding that an insurance policy cannot be transferred to a third person without the insurers consent holding that consent of pip insurer must be obtained for section 20 settlement that compromises insurers claim for reimbursement holding that the language of  9133 applies only to insurers and not to the insurers employees holding that the plaintiff insurer was not entitled to reimbursement from the mcca holding that employees limited settlement of claims against third party did not extinguish claims of the insurer when employee and insurer had jointly filed suit against third party and settlement agreement provided that insurers claims would remain pending