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)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 695G.012 - "Adverse determination" defined.
NRS 695G.014 - "Authorized representative" defined.
NRS 695G.015 - "Benefits" defined.
NRS 695G.016 - "Clinical peer" defined.
NRS 695G.017 - "Covered person" defined.
NRS 695G.019 - "Health benefit plan" defined.
NRS 695G.020 - "Health care plan" defined.
NRS 695G.022 - "Health care services" defined.
NRS 695G.024 - "Health carrier" defined.
NRS 695G.026 - "Independent review organization" defined.
NRS 695G.030 - "Insured" defined.
NRS 695G.040 - "Managed care" defined.
NRS 695G.050 - "Managed care organization" defined.
NRS 695G.053 - "Medical or scientific evidence" defined.
NRS 695G.055 - "Medically necessary" defined.
NRS 695G.060 - "Primary care physician" defined.
NRS 695G.070 - "Provider of health care" defined.
NRS 695G.080 - "Utilization review" defined.
NRS 695G.085 - "Utilization review organization" defined.
NRS 695G.090 - Applicability of chapter and other provisions.
NRS 695G.100 - Documents filed with Commissioner treated as public record; exception.
NRS 695G.110 - Medical director required to be physician licensed in this State.
NRS 695G.125 - Contracts with certain federally qualified health centers.
NRS 695G.140 - Certain persons in managed care organization in fiduciary relationship to insured.
NRS 695G.150 - Authorization of recommended and covered health care services required.
NRS 695G.190 - Quality improvement committee: Administration; duties.
NRS 695G.210 - Review board; appeal; right to expedited review of complaint; notice to insured.
NRS 695G.245 - Written notice of right to request external review; form; contents.
NRS 695G.247 - Requests for external review to be in writing; exception; form and content.
NRS 695G.271 - Expedited approval or denial of request.
NRS 695G.280 - Basis for decision of independent review organization.
NRS 695G.300 - Submission of complaint of covered person to independent review organization.