1. Each contract for hospital or medical services must include a procedure for binding arbitration to resolve disputes concerning independent medical evaluations pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association.
2. If a corporation subject to the provisions of this chapter, for any final determination of benefits or care, requires an independent evaluation of the medical, dental or chiropractic care of any person for whom such care is covered under a contract for hospital or medical services, only a physician, dentist or chiropractor who is certified to practice in the same field of practice as the primary treating physician, dentist or chiropractor or who is formally educated in that field may conduct the independent evaluation.
3. The independent evaluation must include a physical examination of the patient, unless the patient is deceased, and a personal review of all X-rays and reports prepared by the primary treating physician, dentist or chiropractor. A certified copy of all reports of findings must be sent to the primary treating physician, dentist or chiropractor and the insured person within 10 working days after the evaluation. If the insured person disagrees with the finding of the evaluation, the insured person must submit an appeal to the insurer pursuant to the procedure for binding arbitration set forth in the contract for services within 30 days after the insured person receives the finding of the evaluation. Upon its receipt of an appeal, the insurer shall so notify in writing the primary treating physician, dentist or chiropractor.
4. The insurer shall not limit or deny coverage for care related to a disputed claim while the dispute is in arbitration, except that, if the insurer prevails in the arbitration, the primary treating physician, dentist or chiropractor may not recover any payment from either the insurer, insured person or the patient for services that the primary treating physician, dentist or chiropractor provided to the patient after receiving written notice from the insurer pursuant to subsection 3 concerning the appeal of the insured person.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 2116; A 2015, 196)
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