| (a) Itemized statements.
(1) A facility shall adopt, implement, and enforce
a policy to ensure that the facility complies with Texas Health and
Safety Code (HSC) §311.002.
(2) A facility shall comply with the itemized bill
requirements under HSC §185.002.
(b) Audits of billing. A facility shall adopt, implement,
and enforce a policy to ensure that the facility complies with HSC §311.0025(a).
(c) Complaint investigation procedures.
(1) A complaint submitted to the Texas Health and Human
Services Commission's Complaint and Incident Intake relating to billing
must specify the patient for whom the bill was submitted.
(2) Upon receiving a complaint warranting an investigation,
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) shall send the complaint
to the facility requesting the facility to conduct an internal investigation.
Within 30 days of the facility's receipt of the complaint, the facility
shall submit to HHSC:
(A) a report outlining the facility's investigative
process;
(B) the resolution or conclusions reached by the facility
with the patient, third party payor, or complainant; and
(C) corrections, if any, in the policies or protocols
which were made as a result of its investigative findings.
(3) In addition to the facility's internal investigation,
HHSC may also conduct an investigation to audit any billing and patient
records of the facility.
(4) HHSC may inform a complainant who identifies themselves
by name and address in writing of the receipt and disposition of the
complaint.
(5) HHSC shall refer investigative reports of billing
by health care professionals who have provided improper, unreasonable,
or medically or clinically unnecessary treatments or billed for treatments
which were not provided to the appropriate licensing agency.
(d) Balance billing.
(1) A facility may not violate a law that prohibits
the facility from billing a patient who is an insured, participant,
or enrollee in a managed care plan an amount greater than an applicable
copayment, coinsurance, and deductible under the insured's, participant's,
or enrollee's managed care plan or that imposes a requirement related
to that prohibition.
(2) A facility shall comply with Senate Bill 1264,
86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, and with related Texas Department
of Insurance rules at 28 TAC Chapter 21, Subchapter OO, §§21.4901
- 21.4904 (relating to Disclosures by Out-of-Network Providers) to
the extent this subchapter applies to the facility.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §510.45 adopted to be effective January 1, 2004, 28 TexReg 5154; transferred effective June 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register May 17, 2019, 44 TexReg 2469; amended to be effective April 15, 2021, 46 TexReg 2427; amended to be effective August 18, 2024, 49 TexReg 6220 |
