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Nevada Finds 1981 Non-discrimination Law for Chiropractors
(JAN. 2017) In 2016 state insurance regulators identified a 1981 statute that was intended to end reimbursement limitations on chiropractors in the state. This statute is currently being vetted by the agency to determine how to put its provisions into place. In essence, these provisions do for chiropractors what the the federal Section 2706 of the ACA was intended to do for all licensed integrative providers.
The agency held a meeting on Jan. 18, 2017 to get public feedback on that process, including from the Nevada Chiropractic Council which encouraged the state to review its non-discrimination statutes.
The statue, NRS 689A.049, entitled “Treatment by licensed chiropractor; restriction on policy limitations,” reads:
1. If any policy of health insurance provides coverage for treatment of an illness which is within the authorized scope of practice of a qualified chiropractor, the insured is entitled to reimbursement for treatments by a chiropractor who is licensed pursuant to chapter 634 of NRS. 2. The terms of the policy must not limit: (a) Coverage for treatments by a chiropractor to a number less than for treatments by other physicians. (b) Reimbursement for treatments by a chiropractor to an amount less than that reimbursed for similar treatments by other physicians.
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