NRS 679B.152 - Review of fees for medical or dental care determined to be usual and customary; plans limiting selection of dentist.

NV Rev Stat § 679B.152 (2019) (N/A)

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1. Every insurer or organization for dental care which pays claims on the basis of fees for medical or dental care which are “usual and customary” shall submit to the Commissioner a complete description of the method it uses to determine those fees. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, this information must be kept confidential by the Commissioner. The fees determined by the insurer or organization to be the usual and customary fees for that care are subject to the approval of the Commissioner as being the usual and customary fees in that locality. The provisions of this subsection apply to medical or dental care provided to a claimant under any contract of insurance.

2. Any contract for group, blanket or individual health insurance and any contract issued by a nonprofit hospital, medical or dental service corporation or organization for dental care, which provides a plan for dental care to its insureds or members which limits their choice of a dentist, under the plan to those in a preselected group, must offer its insureds or members the option of selecting a plan of benefits which does not restrict the choice of a dentist. The selection of that option does not entitle the insured or member to any increase in contributions by his or her employer or other organization toward the premium or cost of the optional plan over that contributed under the restricted plan.

(Added to NRS by 1983, 2028; A 1985, 1148; 2001, 2181; 2007, 2152)

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