2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 439B Restraining Costs of Health Care
NRS 439B.260 Reduction of billed charges for certain patients and services; resolution of disputes.
NRS 439B.260 Reduction of billed charges for certain patients and services; resolution of disputes.
1. A major hospital shall reduce or discount the total billed charge by at least 30 percent for hospital services provided to an inpatient who:
(a) Has no insurance or other contractual provision for the payment of the charge by a third party;
(b) Is not eligible for coverage by a state or federal program of public assistance that would provide for the payment of the charge; and
(c) Makes reasonable arrangements within 30 days after discharge to pay the hospital bill.
2. A major hospital or patient who disputes the reasonableness of arrangements made pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 may submit the dispute to the Bureau for Hospital Patients for resolution as provided in NRS 223.575.
3. A major hospital shall reduce or discount the total billed charge of its outpatient pharmacy by at least 30 percent to a patient who is eligible for Medicare.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2332; A 1995, 646, 2248; 2001, 2654)
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