If a covered person receives emergency services at any health care facility, the facility shall not bill the covered person in excess of any deductible, copayment, or coinsurance amount applicable to in-network services pursuant to the covered person’s health benefits plan.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-6847

  • Covered person: means a person on whose behalf an insurer is obligated to pay health care expense benefits or provide health care services. See Nebraska Statutes 44-6836
  • Emergency services: means health care services medically necessary to screen and stabilize a covered person in connection with an emergency medical condition. See Nebraska Statutes 44-6838
  • Health benefits plan: means a benefits plan which pays or provides hospital and medical expense benefits for covered services and is delivered or issued for delivery in this state by or through an insurer. See Nebraska Statutes 44-6839
  • Health care facility: means a general acute hospital, satellite emergency department, or ambulatory surgical center licensed pursuant to the Health Care Facility Licensure Act. See Nebraska Statutes 44-6840
  • 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