N.M. Stat. § 59A-57-6. Fairness to health care providers; gag rules prohibited; grievance procedure for providers: Patient Protection Act – New Mexico

Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1998
File: Download

No managed health care plan may:
(1) adopt a gag rule or practice that prohibits a health care provider from discussing a treatment option with an enrollee even if the plan does not approve of the option;
(2) include in any of its contracts with health care providers any provisions that offer an inducement, financial or otherwise, to provide less than medically necessary services to an enrollee; or


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