As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 439B.030 to 439B.150, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1987, 862; A 1991, 2111, 2333; 1993, 619, 620; 1999, 2238)
“Billed charge” means the total amount charged by a hospital for medical care provided, regardless of the anticipated amount of net revenue to be received or the anticipated source of payment. (Added to NRS by 1987, 862)
“Children’s Health Insurance Program” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 422.021. (Added to NRS by 1999, 2238; A 2001, 158)
“Committee” means the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services. (Added to NRS by 1987, 863; A 2021, 2533)
“Department” means the Department of Health and Human Services. (Added to NRS by 1987, 863)
“Director” means the Director of the Department. (Added to NRS by 1987, 863)
“Discharge form” means the form hospitals are required to use to report information concerning the discharge of patients. (Added to NRS by 1987, 863)
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, “fiscal year” means a period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 of the following year. 2. A hospital’s “fiscal year” is the period of 12 months used by a hospital for the purposes of accounting and the preparation of annual budgets and financial statements. […]
“Health facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439A.015. (Added to NRS by 1987, 863)
“Hospital” means any facility licensed as a medical, surgical or obstetrical hospital, or as any combination of medical, surgical or obstetrical hospital, by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department. (Added to NRS by 1987, 863)
“Major hospital” means a hospital in this State which has 200 or more licensed or approved beds, or any hospital in a group of affiliated hospitals in a county which have a combined total of 200 or more licensed or approved beds, that is not operated by a federal, state or local governmental agency. (Added […]
“Medicaid” means the program established pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396 et seq., to provide assistance for part or all of the cost of medical care rendered on behalf of indigent persons. (Added to NRS by 1987, 863)
“Medicare” means the program of health insurance for aged persons and persons with disabilities established pursuant to Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395 et seq. (Added to NRS by 1987, 863)
“Net revenue” means all revenues earned from inpatient medical care provided to patients by a hospital. (Added to NRS by 1987, 863)
“Practitioner” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439A.0195. (Added to NRS by 1987, 863)
The purposes of NRS 439B.160 to 439B.500, inclusive, are to: 1. Promote equal access to quality medical care at an affordable cost for all residents of this State. 2. Reduce excessive billed charges and revenues generated by some hospitals in this State in order to provide relief from excessively high costs of medical care. 3. […]
