Nevada Revised Statutes Section 616B.5285 - Labor and Industrial Relations

Contracts with providers of health care; prohibited acts. An organization for managed care shall not terminate a contract with, demote, refuse to contract with or refuse to compensate a provider of health care solely because the provider, in good faith:

1. Advocates in private or in public on behalf of an injured employee;

2. Assists an injured employee in seeking reconsideration of a determination by the organization for managed care to deny coverage for a medical or health care service; or

3. Reports a violation of law to an appropriate authority.

Last modified: February 25, 2006