Nev. Admin. Code § 439B.330 - Determination of reasonableness of arrangement for payment; hospital to provide written notice of terms of arrangement and respective rights and obligations to patient; adjustment of monthly payments
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
2, to be deemed reasonable, the arrangement for payment required pursuant to
paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of
NRS
439B.260 must include at least a monthly
payment which is the greater of:
(a)
Twenty-five dollars; or
(b) Five
percent of the monthly gross income of the patient's household, exclusive of
income which is not paid in cash, or 25 percent of the monthly gross income of
the patient's household which exceeds 200 percent of the federal poverty level,
whichever is less.
2. An
arrangement for payment which is different than the arrangement set forth in
subsection 1 will be deemed reasonable if it is mutually agreed upon by the
hospital and the patient.
3. At the
time an arrangement for payment is made, the hospital shall provide written
notice to the patient disclosing the terms of the arrangement and the
respective rights and obligations of the patient and the hospital. The notice
must provide a space for the patient's signature. The hospital shall require
the patient to sign in the provided space as acknowledgment that he understands
and agrees to the arrangement for payment. If the hospital is not able to
obtain the signature of the patient, it must maintain a record of its good
faith effort to obtain his signature.
4. A major hospital may review the financial
situation of a patient and adjust his monthly payments not more than one time
per year.
Notes
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