695C.120 - Powers of organization. - Nevada Statutes

695C.120  Powers of organization.  The powers of a health maintenance organization include, but are not limited to, the following:

      1.  The purchase, lease, construction, renovation, operation or maintenance of hospitals, medical facilities, or both, and their ancillary equipment, and such property as may reasonably be required for its principal office or for such other purposes as may be necessary in the transaction of the business of the organization;

      2.  The making of loans to a medical group under contract with it in furtherance of its program or the making of loans to a corporation under its control for the purpose of acquiring or constructing medical facilities and hospitals or in furtherance of a program providing health care services to enrollees;

      3.  The furnishing of health care service through providers which are under contract with or employed by the health maintenance organization;

      4.  The contracting with any person for the performance on its behalf of certain functions such as marketing, enrollment and administration; and

      5.  The contracting with an insurance company licensed in this state or authorized to do business in this state for the provision of such insurance, indemnity, or reimbursement against the cost of health care services provided by the health maintenance organization.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1250; A 1995, 2166; 1999, 1834)