The Legislature hereby declares that the rising cost of health services in recent years has led government agencies, private organizations, and legislative bodies to seek alternatives to the traditional medical delivery system which would provide improved health care and would provide such health care at a lower cost. The health maintenance organization is a concept which has received much attention as one means through which an improvement in delivery might be achieved. The Legislature therefore enacts this chapter to carry out this objective.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 695C.020

  • Health maintenance organization: means any person which provides or arranges for provision of a health care service or services and is responsible for the availability and accessibility of such service or services to its enrollees, which services are paid for or on behalf of the enrollees on a periodic prepaid basis without regard to the dates health services are rendered and without regard to the extent of services actually furnished to the enrollees, except that supplementing the fixed prepayments by nominal additional payments for services in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commissioner shall not be deemed to render the arrangement not to be on a prepaid basis. See Nevada Revised Statutes 695C.030
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