Health care insurers may place reasonable limits on the number or classes of preferred providers which satisfy the standards set forth by the health care insurer, provided that there is no discrimination against providers on the basis of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex or marital status, and further provided that selection of preferred providers is primarily based on, but not limited to, cost and availability of covered services and the quality of services performed by the providers.
§ 59A-22A-6 NMSA 1978
Preferred provider participation requirements
Known as the Preferred Provider Arrangements Law
The act spans §§ 59–59 (7 sections).
1978 Comp., § 59A-22A-6, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 320, § 64.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.