Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 15 - TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 371 - MEDICAID AND OTHER HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FRAUD AND ABUSE PROGRAM INTEGRITY
Subchapter G - ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AND SANCTIONS
Division 3 - ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AND SANCTIONS
Section 371.1709 - Payment Hold

Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code § 371.1709

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) Subject to subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the OIG imposes a payment hold against a provider only:

(1) to compel the production records or documents;

(2) when requested by the state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; or

(3) upon the determination a credible allegation of fraud exists.

(b) The OIG may elect not to impose a payment hold, to discontinue a payment hold, to impose a payment hold only in part, or to convert a payment hold imposed in whole to one imposed only in part, for any of the good cause exceptions enumerated in RSA 455.23 and in Texas Government Code § RSA 531.102(g)(8).

(c) The OIG may not impose a payment hold on claims for reimbursement submitted by a provider for medically necessary services for which the provider has obtained prior authorization from the commission or a contractor of the commission unless the OIG has evidence that the provider has materially misrepresented documentation relating to those services.

(d) Unless the OIG receives a request from a law enforcement agency to temporarily withhold notice pursuant to RSA 455.23, the OIG shall provide notice as required by RSA 455.23(b) and Texas Government Code § RSA 531.102(g).

(e) Scope and effect of payment hold.

(1) Once a person is placed on payment hold, payment of Medicaid claims for specific procedures or services is limited or denied as long as the payment hold is in effect.

(2) After a payment hold is terminated for any reason, the OIG may retain the funds accumulated during the payment hold to offset any overpayment, criminal restitution, penalty or other assessment, or agreed-upon amount that may result from ongoing investigation of the person, including any payment amount accepted by the prosecuting authorities made in lieu of a prosecution to reimburse the Medicaid or other HHS program.

(3) The payment hold may be terminated or partially lifted for the reasons outlined in RSA 455.23 or Texas Government Code § RSA 531.102(g)(8).

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