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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
No health insurance issuer authorized to transact business in this state shall refuse to consider an application to provide solid organ transplantation in any preferred or exclusive provider network by any transplant center located in the state provided the following conditions are met:
(1) The transplant center team is certified by the United Network for Organ Sharing, for organ transplantation and certified under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act or in the absence of such certification, other appropriate standards utilized by the majority of health insurance issuers in this state.
(2) The transplant center is certified under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act or, in the absence of such certification, other appropriate standards utilized by a majority of health insurance issuers in this state.
(3) The transplant center accepts payment at the same rate paid to other transplant centers located outside of Louisiana with whom the health insurance issuer has a contract for such services.
(4) The transplant center agrees to perform all medically necessary services associated with a transplant at no additional cost to the insured or enrollee regardless of any lifetime benefit limits or other limitations on coverage.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 22, § 1231. Organ transplant centers - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-22-sect-1231/
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