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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 540.0267. Provider Appeals Process

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A contract to which this subchapter applies must require the contracting Medicaid managed care organization to develop, implement, and maintain a system for tracking and resolving provider appeals related to claims payment. The system must include a process that requires:

(1) a tracking mechanism to document the status and final disposition of each provider's claims payment appeal;

(2) contracting with physicians who are not network providers and who are of the same or related specialty as the appealing physician to resolve claims disputes that:

(A) relate to denial on the basis of medical necessity; and

(B) remain unresolved after a provider appeal;

(3) the determination of the physician resolving the dispute to be binding on the organization and provider; and

(4) the organization to allow a provider to initiate an appeal of a claim that has not been paid before the time prescribed by Section 540.0265(a)(1)(B).

(b) A contract to which this subchapter applies must require the contracting Medicaid managed care organization to develop and establish a process for responding to provider appeals in the region in which the organization provides health care services. (Gov. Code, Secs. 533.005(a)(15), (19).)

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