1. A health carrier shall include a description of the external review procedures in or attached to the policy, certificate, membership booklet, outline of coverage or other evidence of coverage it provides to covered persons.
2. The description required by subsection 1 must be in a format prescribed by the Commissioner.
3. The description required by subsection 1 must include a statement that informs the covered person of the right of the covered person to file a request for an external review of an adverse determination with the Office for Consumer Health Assistance. The statement may explain that external review is available when the adverse determination involves an issue of medical necessity, appropriateness, health care setting, level of care or effectiveness. The statement must include the telephone number and address of the Office for Consumer Health Assistance.
4. In addition to the requirements of subsection 3, the statement must inform the covered person that, when filing a request for an external review, the covered person will be required to authorize the release of any medical records of the covered person that may be required to be reviewed for the purpose of reaching a decision on the external review.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 3409)
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