NRS 695G.160 - Written criteria concerning coverage of health care services and standards for quality of health care services.

NV Rev Stat § 695G.160 (2019) (N/A)
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1. Each managed care organization shall establish written criteria:

(a) Setting forth the manner in which it determines whether to authorize coverage of a health care service; and

(b) Setting forth its method for reviewing standards for the quality of health care services provided to an insured.

2. Such written criteria must be:

(a) Developed with the assistance of practicing providers of health care;

(b) Developed using generally recognized and, if appropriate, specialized clinical principles and processes;

(c) Reviewed at least one time each year and, if appropriate, updated; and

(d) Made available to an insured for review upon request of the insured any time that the managed care organization denies coverage of a specific health care service to the insured.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 302)