State Law

New Mexico Admin. Code-Title 13-Chapter 10. Part 17. Grievance Procedures

07/21/2020 New Mexico Section 13.10.17.9

General requirements regarding grievance procedures

Anti-retaliation

See bold text below:

A. Written grievance procedures required. Every health care insurer shall establish and maintain separate written procedures that comply with this rule to provide for the internal review of adverse determination grievances and administrative grievances.

B. Divisible grievance. If a grievance contains clearly divisible administrative and adverse determination issues, then the health care insurer shall initiate separate complaints for each issue with an explanation of the health care insurer’s actions contained in one acknowledgment letter.

C. Assistance to grievants. In those instances, where a grievant requests or expresses interest in pursuing a grievance, the health care insurer shall assist the grievant to complete all the forms required to pursue internal review and shall advise grievant that the MHCB is available for assistance.

Anti-retaliation

D. Retaliatory action prohibited. No person shall be subject to retaliatory action by the health care insurer for any reason related to a grievance.

SeeĀ http://164.64.110.134/parts/title13/13.010.0017.html