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TITLE 28INSURANCE
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
CHAPTER 21TRADE PRACTICES
SUBCHAPTER PMENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PARITY
DIVISION 2PLAN INFORMATION AND DATA COLLECTION
RULE §21.2426Claims and Utilization Review: Aggregate Data Fields

Within the "MH/SUD Parity Rule Division 2 Data Collection Reporting Form" template, in the worksheet titled "Claims and Utilization Review," for medical/surgical, MH/SUD, and for each of the classifications listed in §21.2425(c) of this title (relating to Claims and Utilization Review: Reporting Classifications), an issuer must provide the following aggregate claims and utilization review data for the reporting year:

  (1) the number of reported claims for services or benefits that have been provided:

    (A) in total;

    (B) by out-of-network providers that were covered as in-network benefits;

    (C) that were approved;

    (D) that were administratively denied; and

    (E) that were adversely determined;

  (2) the number of utilization reviews, including:

    (A) preauthorization requests for:

      (i) children ages 0 - 12;

      (ii) adolescents ages 13 - 17; and

      (iii) adults;

    (B) preauthorization requests approved for:

      (i) children ages 0 - 12;

      (ii) adolescents ages 13 - 17; and

      (iii) adults;

    (C) preauthorization requests that received a peer-to-peer or physician-to-physician review for:

      (i) children ages 0 - 12;

      (ii) adolescents ages 13 - 17; and

      (iii) adults;

    (D) preauthorization requests that were subject to a fail-first or step therapy requirement;

    (E) preauthorization requests that were adversely determined for:

      (i) children ages 0 - 12;

      (ii) adolescents ages 13 - 17; and

      (iii) adults;

    (F) concurrent reviews for:

      (i) children ages 0 - 12;

      (ii) adolescents ages 13 - 17; and

      (iii) adults;

    (G) concurrent reviews approved for:

      (i) children ages 0 - 12;

      (ii) adolescents ages 13 - 17; and

      (iii) adults;

    (H) concurrent reviews that received a peer-to-peer or physician-to-physician review for:

      (i) children ages 0 - 12;

      (ii) adolescents ages 13 - 17; and

      (iii) adults;

    (I) concurrent reviews that were adversely determined for:

      (i) children ages 0 - 12;

      (ii) adolescents ages 13 - 17; and

      (iii) adults;

    (J) retrospective reviews for:

      (i) children ages 0 - 12;

      (ii) adolescents ages 13 - 17; and

      (iii) adults;

    (K) retrospective reviews that were approved for:

      (i) children ages 0 - 12;

      (ii) adolescents ages 13 - 17; and

      (iii) adults;

    (L) retrospective reviews that received a peer-to-peer or physician-to-physician review for:

      (i) children ages 0 - 12;

      (ii) adolescents ages 13 - 17; and

      (iii) adults; and

    (M) retrospective reviews that were adversely determined for:

      (i) children ages 0 - 12;

      (ii) adolescents ages 13 - 17; and

      (iii) adults;

  (3) the number of adverse determinations that were internally appealed that:

    (A) then received a peer-to-peer or physician-to-physician review on internal appeal;

    (B) were again adversely determined on internal appeal; and

    (C) were reversed on internal appeal; and

  (4) the number of adverse determinations independently reviewed that were:

    (A) upheld on independent review; and

    (B) reversed on independent review.


Source Note: The provisions of this §21.2426 adopted to be effective September 7, 2021, 46 TexReg 5571

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