514C.11 Services provided by licensed physician assistants and licensed advanced registered nurse practitioners.
1. Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a policy or contract providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses shall include a provision for the payment of necessary medical or surgical care and treatment provided by a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 148C, or provided by an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to chapter 152 and performed within the scope of the license of the licensed physician assistant or the licensed advanced registered nurse practitioner if the policy or contract would pay for the care and treatment if the care and treatment were provided by a person engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery under chapter 148. The policy or contract shall provide that policyholders and subscribers under the policy or contract may reject the coverage for services which may be provided by a licensed physician assistant or licensed advanced registered nurse practitioner if the coverage is rejected for all providers of similar services. A policy or contract subject to this section shall not impose a practice or supervision restriction which is inconsistent with or more restrictive than the restriction already imposed by law.
2. This section applies to services provided under a policy or contract delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after July 1, 1996, and to an existing policy or contract, on the policy’s or contract’s anniversary or renewal date, or upon the expiration of the applicable collective bargaining contract, if any, whichever is later. This section does not apply to policyholders or subscribers eligible for coverage under Tit. XVIII of the federal Social Security Act or any similar coverage under a state or federal government plan.
3. For the purposes of this section, third-party payment or prepayment includes an individual or group policy of accident or health insurance or individual or group hospital or health care service contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514, or 514A, an individual or group health maintenance organization contract issued and regulated under chapter 514B, or a preferred provider organization contract regulated pursuant to chapter 514F.
4. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to require an individual or group health maintenance organization or a preferred provider organization or arrangement to provide payment or prepayment for services provided by a licensed physician assistant or licensed advanced registered nurse practitioner unless the physician assistant’s supervising physician, the physician-physician assistant team, the advanced registered nurse practitioner, or the advanced registered nurse practitioner’s collaborating physician has entered into a contract or other agreement to provide services with the individual or group health maintenance organization or the preferred provider organization or arrangement.
96 Acts, ch 1169, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §130; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §63
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 514C - SPECIAL HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COVERAGES
Section 514C.1 - Supplemental coverage for adopted or newly born children.
Section 514C.2 - Skilled nursing care covered in hospitals.
Section 514C.3 - Dentist’s services under accident and sickness insurance policies.
Section 514C.3A - Disclosures relating to dental coverage reimbursement rates.
Section 514C.3B - Dental coverage — fee schedules.
Section 514C.4 - Mandated coverage for mammography.
Section 514C.5 - Prescription drug benefit restrictions.
Section 514C.6 - Uniformity of treatment — employee welfare benefit plans.
Section 514C.8 - Coordination of health care benefits with state medical assistance.
Section 514C.9 - Medical support — insurance requirements.
Section 514C.10 - Coverage for adopted child.
Section 514C.12 - Postdelivery benefits and care.
Section 514C.14 - Continuity of care — pregnancy.
Section 514C.15 - Treatment options.
Section 514C.16 - Emergency room services.
Section 514C.17 - Continuity of care — terminal illness.
Section 514C.18 - Diabetes coverage.
Section 514C.19 - Prescription contraceptive coverage.
Section 514C.20 - Mandated coverage for dental care — anesthesia and certain hospital charges.
Section 514C.21 - Coverage for immunizations — mercury.
Section 514C.22 - Biologically based mental illness coverage.
Section 514C.23 - Human papilloma virus vaccinations — coverage.
Section 514C.24 - Cancer treatment — coverage.
Section 514C.25 - Coverage for prosthetic devices.
Section 514C.26 - Approved cancer clinical trials coverage.
Section 514C.27 - Mental illness and substance abuse treatment coverage for veterans.
Section 514C.28 - Autism spectrum disorders coverage.
Section 514C.29 - Services provided by a doctor of chiropractic.
Section 514C.31 - Applied behavior analysis for treatment of autism spectrum disorder — coverage.
Section 514C.33 - Services provided by provisionally licensed psychologists.
Section 514C.34 - Health care services delivered by telehealth — coverage.
Section 514C.35 - Behavioral health services provided in a school — coverage.