616D.350 - Definitions. - Nevada Statutes

616D.350  Definitions.  As used in NRS 616D.350 to 616D.440, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

      1.  “Charge” means any communication, whether oral, written, electronic or magnetic, which is used to identify specific accident benefits as reimbursable pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS, or which may be used to determine a rate of payment pursuant to those chapters.

      2.  “Provider of health care” means a person who receives or attempts to receive payment from:

      (a) An insurer;

      (b) A third-party administrator; or

      (c) An organization for managed care which has contracted with an insurer or third-party administrator,

Ê for accident benefits provided or alleged to have been provided to an injured employee pursuant to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS.

      3.  “Record” means any medical, professional or business record relating to:

      (a) The treatment or care of an injured employee;

      (b) Accident benefits provided to an injured employee; or

      (c) Rates paid for such accident benefits.

      (Added to NRS by 1993, 680; A 1995, 531, 1875)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.676)