(1) A patient safety organization shall contract with providers that elect to be subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act. The patient safety organization shall establish a formula for determining fees and assessments uniformly within categories of providers.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-8716

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Patient safety organization: means an organization described in section 71-8714 that contracts with one or more providers subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act and that performs the following activities:

    (1) The conduct, as the organization's primary activity, of efforts to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8707

  • Provider: means a person that is either:

    (1) A facility licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act. See Nebraska Statutes 71-8709

(2) A provider may elect to be subject to the Patient Safety Improvement Act by contracting with a patient safety organization to make reports as described in the act.

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