Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 616C.055 (2026)

Use of fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractic physicians prohibited; payment for services rendered by physician or chiropractic physician after removal from panel prohibited

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NRS 616C.055 Use of fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractic physicians prohibited; payment for services rendered by physician or chiropractic physician after removal from panel prohibited.

1. The insurer may not, in accepting responsibility for any charges, use fee schedules which unfairly discriminate among physicians and chiropractic physicians.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.087, if a physician or chiropractic physician is removed from the panel established pursuant to NRS 616C.090 or from participation in a plan for managed care established pursuant to NRS 616B.527, the physician or chiropractic physician, as applicable, must not be paid for any services rendered to the injured employee after the date of the removal.

(Added to NRS by 1979, 651; A 1981, 1168, 1488; 1983, 325; 1985, 1546; 1991, 2417; 1993, 733; 1999, 1776; 2019, 3445)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2007 · leading case: Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev., 162 P.3d 148 (Nev. 2007).

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Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev., 162 P.3d 148 (Nev. 2007). · cites it 8× “It applies to emergency medical care: Except when emergency medical care is required and except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.055, the insurer is not responsible for any charges for medical treatment or other accident benefits furnished or ordered by any physician .”

Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev, 146 P.3d 250 (Nev. 2006). · cites it 4× “It applies to emergency medical care: Except when emergency medical care is required and except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.055, the insurer is not responsible for any charges for medical treatment or other accident benefits furnished or ordered by any physician .”

— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 616C.055(2) — 2 cases

Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev., 162 P.3d 148 (Nev. 2007). “It applies to emergency medical care: Except when emergency medical care is required and except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.055, the insurer is not responsible for any charges for medical treatment or other accident benefits furnished or ordered by any physician .”

Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev, 146 P.3d 250 (Nev. 2006). “It applies to emergency medical care: Except when emergency medical care is required and except as otherwise provided in NRS 616C.055, the insurer is not responsible for any charges for medical treatment or other accident benefits furnished or ordered by any physician .”

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