1. Each managed care organization shall establish a system for resolving complaints of an insured concerning:
(a) Payment or reimbursement for covered health care services;
(b) Availability, delivery or quality of covered health care services, including, without limitation, an adverse determination made pursuant to utilization review; or
(c) The terms and conditions of a health care plan.
The system must be approved by the Commissioner.
2. If an insured makes an oral complaint, a managed care organization shall inform the insured that if the insured is not satisfied with the resolution of the complaint, the insured must file the complaint in writing to receive further review of the complaint.
3. Each managed care organization shall:
(a) Upon request, assign an employee of the managed care organization to assist an insured or other person in filing a complaint or appealing a decision of the review board;
(b) Authorize an insured who appeals a decision of the review board to appear before the review board to present testimony at a hearing concerning the appeal; and
(c) Authorize an insured to introduce any documentation into evidence at a hearing of a review board and require an insured to provide the documentation required by the health care plan of the insured to the review board not later than 5 business days before a hearing of the review board.
4. The Commissioner may examine the system for resolving complaints established pursuant to this section at such times as the Commissioner deems necessary or appropriate.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 305; A 2013, 3654; 2017, 2401)
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.