Care by advanced practice registered nurses; certified registered nurse anesthetists [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 4].
Del. Code tit. 18, § 2318
in effect(a) No health insurer, health service corporation or health maintenance organization shall deny benefits for eligible services when the services are rendered or performed by an advanced practice registered nurse as long as the advanced practice registered nurse acts within the scope of practice pursuant to Title 24. Any contract of insurance issued or issued for delivery in this State by health insurers, health service corporations or health maintenance organizations shall not exclude advanced practice registered nurses as providers of services covered in the contract.
(b) All health insurance policies, contracts, or certificates that are delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, extended, or modified in this State and that provide coverage for a health service that a certified registered nurse anesthetist is licensed to perform under Title 24 shall provide for reimbursement of the service provided by the certified registered nurse anesthetist at a reimbursement rate that is not less than the reimbursement rate paid to licensed physicians providing the same service.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a health insurer, health service corporation, or health maintenance organization from establishing variable reimbursement rates based on quality or performance measures.
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