The deposit required under section 44-32,144 shall be in trust and may be used only by the director for administrative costs associated with administering the deposit and payment of claims of enrollees of this state for uncovered expenditures. Claims for uncovered expenditures shall be paid on a pro rata basis based on assets available to pay such ultimate liability for incurred uncovered expenses. Partial distribution may be made pending final distribution. Any amount of the deposit remaining shall be paid into the liquidation or receivership of the health maintenance organization. The director may prescribe the time, manner, and form for filing claims under this section.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-32,145

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Director: shall mean the Director of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-3298
  • Health maintenance organization: shall mean any person who undertakes to provide or arrange for the delivery of basic health care services to enrollees on a prepaid basis except for enrollee responsibility for copayments or deductibles. See Nebraska Statutes 44-32,105
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Uncovered expenditures: shall mean the costs to the health maintenance organization for health care services that are the obligation of the health maintenance organization for which an enrollee may also be liable in the event of the health maintenance organization's insolvency and for which no alternative arrangements have been made that are acceptable to the director. See Nebraska Statutes 44-32,114
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