No issuer, institutional care provider, or health care practitioner shall contract with any person or employer, union, or other organization under which health care services or benefits are provided unless such person or organization accepts and utilizes or agrees to accept and utilize the uniform claim form for claims for health care services and benefits provided to employees or members.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-528

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Health care: shall mean any treatment, procedure, or intervention to diagnose, cure, care for, or treat the effects of disease or injury or congenital or degenerative condition. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526
  • Issuer: shall mean an insurance company, fraternal benefit society, health maintenance organization, third-party administrator, or other entity reimbursing the costs of health care expenses. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Uniform claim form: shall mean the claim forms and electronic transfer procedures developed pursuant to section 44-527. See Nebraska Statutes 44-526
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