As used in the Provider Service Network Act: A. 'association' means the provider service network guaranty association; B. 'board' means the provider service network guaranty board; C. 'health care facility' means an institution providing health care services, including a hospital or other licensed inpatient center, an ambulatory surgical or treatment center, a skilled nursing center, a residential treatment center, a home health agency, a diagnostic, laboratory or imaging center and a rehabilitation or other therapeutic health setting; D. 'health care insurer' means a person that has a valid certificate of authority in good standing under the New Mexico Insurance Code to act as an insurer, health maintenance organization, nonprofit health care plan or prepaid dental plan; E. 'health care professional' means a physician or other health care practitioner, including a pharmacist, who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the state to provide health care services consistent with state law; F. 'health care services' includes physical health services or community-based mental health or developmental disability services, including services for developmental delay; G. stent with state law; F. 'health care services' includes physical health services or community-based mental health or developmental disability services, including services for developmental delay; G. 'person' means an individual or other legal entity; H. 'provider' means a person that is licensed or otherwise authorized by the state to furnish health care services, including health care professionals and health care facilities; and I. 'provider service network' means two or more providers affiliated for the purpose of providing health care services on a capitated or similar prepaid, flat-fee basis. History: Laws 1997, ch. 107, § 2. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the Insurance Code, see 59A-1-1 NMSA 1978 and notes thereto.
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