428.235 - Application for reimbursement of charges; hospitals eligible for reimbursement. - Nevada Statutes

428.235  Application for reimbursement of charges; hospitals eligible for reimbursement.

      1.  If the hospital receives a certification that the person is an indigent person and it has complied with the procedures for collection established by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, it may apply to the Board for reimbursement or partial reimbursement of the unpaid charges for hospital care furnished to the indigent person.

      2.  The application must be in such form and contain such information as the Board requires.

      3.  If such an indigent patient is transferred, within 3 days after the first admission of the indigent patient, from one hospital to another, both hospitals are entitled to reimbursement in full for their unpaid charges.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 1940; A 1987, 1663)