616B.5285 - Contracts with providers of health care; prohibited acts. - Nevada Statutes

616B.5285  Contracts with providers of health care; prohibited acts.  An organization for managed care shall not terminate a contract with, demote, refuse to contract with or refuse to compensate a provider of health care solely because the provider, in good faith:

      1.  Advocates in private or in public on behalf of an injured employee;

      2.  Assists an injured employee in seeking reconsideration of a determination by the organization for managed care to deny coverage for a medical or health care service; or

      3.  Reports a violation of law to an appropriate authority.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 2212)