| (a) General requirements for participation. The Children
with Special Health Care Needs Services Act, Health and Safety Code, §35.004,
requires that all providers be approved to participate in the program
according to program criteria and procedures.
(1) Providers seeking approval for program participation
must submit a completed application to the program or its designee
including a signed provider agreement and all documents requested.
(2) All approved program providers must agree to abide
by program rules and regulations and not to discriminate against clients
based on source of payment.
(3) All program providers must agree to accept the
program-allowed amount of payment (regardless of payer) as payment
in full for services provided to program clients. Providers may collect
allowable insurance or health maintenance organization co-payments
in accordance with those plan provisions. Providers may not request
or accept payment from the client or client's family for completing
any program forms.
(4) The program is the payer of last resort, and program
providers must agree to utilize all other public or private benefits
available to the client including, but not limited to, Medicaid or
Medicaid waiver programs, CHIP, or Medicare, and casualty or liability
coverage prior to requesting payment from the program. Providers must
agree to attempt to collect payment from the payer of other benefits.
The program may pay for certain services for which other benefits
may be available but have not been definitively determined. If other
benefits become available after the program has paid for the services,
the program shall recover its costs directly from the payer of other
benefits or shall request the provider of services to collect payment
and reimburse the program.
(5) Overpayments made on behalf of clients to program
providers must be reimbursed to the program refund account by lump
sum payment or, at the discretion of the department, in monthly installments
or out of current claims due to be paid the provider. All providers
must consent to on-site visits and audits by program staff or its
designees.
(6) All approved providers must agree to the following:
(A) maintain and retain all necessary records and claims
to fully document the services and supplies provided to a client for
full disclosure to the program or its designee;
(B) retain these records and claims for a period of
five years from the date of service, the client's 21st birthday, or
until all audit questions, appeal hearings, investigations, litigation,
or court cases are resolved, whichever occurs last;
(C) provide unconditionally upon request, free copies
of and access to all records pertaining to the services for which
claims are submitted to the program or its designees; and
(D) allow the department, the Office of Inspector General,
HHSC, or designees of these organizations access to its premises;
and cooperate and assist with any audit or investigation.
(7) All program providers of services also covered
by Medicaid must enroll and remain enrolled as Title XIX Medicaid
providers. In order to be reimbursed by Medicaid as the primary payer,
a provider must be enrolled on the date of service. The program will
not reimburse an enrolled provider for any service covered under Medicaid
that was provided to a program client eligible for Medicaid at the
time of service. If a service covered by the program is not covered
by Medicaid, the provider of that service is not required to enroll
as a Medicaid provider. Any provider excluded by Medicaid for any
reason shall be excluded by the program.
(8) Providers must comply with applicable Medicare
standards.
(9) If a license or certification is required by law
to practice in the State of Texas, the provider must maintain the
required license or certification and practice within the scope of
the license, certification, registration, and any other applicable
requirements.
(10) All providers shall be responsible for the actions
of their staff members who provide program services.
(11) Any provider may withdraw from program participation
at any time by so notifying the program in writing.
(b) Denial, modification, suspension, and termination
of provider enrollment.
(1) The program may deny, modify, suspend, or terminate
a provider's enrollment for the following reasons:
(A) submitting false or fraudulent claims;
(B) submitting false information on the enrollment
application;
(C) failing to provide and maintain quality services
or medically acceptable standards;
(D) not adhering to the provider agreement signed at
the time of application or renewal for program participation;
(E) conviction of any felony;
(F) conviction of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;
(G) disenrollment as a Medicaid provider;
(H) violation of the standards of this chapter;
(I) failure to submit a claim for reimbursement for
an extended period of time, as specified by program policy; or
(J) disciplinary action taken against the provider
by the licensing authority under which the provider practices in the
State of Texas or by the Texas Medicaid Program.
(2) Prior to taking an action to deny, modify, suspend,
or terminate the enrollment of a provider, the program shall give
the provider written notice of an opportunity of appeal in accordance
with §38.13 of this title (relating to Right of Appeal).
(c) Provider types. Approved providers include, but
are not limited to:
(1) advanced practice registered nurses;
(2) ambulance providers;
(3) ambulatory surgical centers;
(4) certified home and community support services agencies;
(5) certified respiratory care practitioners;
(6) dentists;
(7) dietitians;
(8) family support services providers;
(9) federally qualified health centers;
(10) genetic counselors;
(11) hearing service professionals;
(12) hospice care providers;
(13) hospitals;
(14) inpatient rehabilitation centers;
(15) licensed speech-language pathologists;
(16) lodging facilities;
(17) medical supply and equipment companies;
(18) mental and behavioral health professionals including,
but not limited to, psychiatrists, licensed psychologists, licensed
clinical social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists,
and licensed professional counselors;
(19) occupational therapists and physical therapists;
(20) optometrists and opticians;
(21) orthotists and prosthetists;
(22) pharmacies;
(23) physicians;
(24) physician assistants;
(25) podiatrists;
(26) renal dialysis centers;
(27) rural health clinics; and
(28) transportation companies or providers.
(d) Requirements for specialty centers.
(1) The program may accept as providers diagnostically
specific specialty centers, such as bone marrow or other transplant
centers, approved under the credentialing or approval standards and
processes of the Texas Medicaid Program if such specialty centers
also submit a program provider enrollment application.
(2) Other specialty center standards. The program may
establish standards to insure quality of care for children with special
health care needs in the comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of
specific medical conditions for specialty centers with Texas Medicaid
Program separate credentialing standards as well as other specialty
centers for which the Texas Medicaid Program has not established separate
credentialing or approval standards for providers.
(e) Out-of-state coverage.
(1) Fifty or fewer miles from the Texas border. For
clients who would otherwise experience financial hardship or be subject
to clear medical risk, the program may cover services that are within
the scope of the program and provided by health care providers in
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, or Louisiana located 50 or fewer miles
from the Texas border.
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