Texas § 544.0506 NOTICE AND INFORMAL RESOLUTION OF PROPOSED RECOUPMENT OF OVERPAYMENT OR DEBT.

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§ 544.0506 — NOTICE AND INFORMAL RESOLUTION OF PROPOSED RECOUPMENT OF OVERPAYMENT OR DEBT.

Texas § 544.0506

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 544.0506 (2026).

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Sec. 544.0506. NOTICE AND INFORMAL RESOLUTION OF PROPOSED RECOUPMENT OF OVERPAYMENT OR DEBT.

(a)The commission or the office of inspector general shall provide a provider with written notice of any proposed recoupment of an overpayment or debt and any damages or penalties relating to a proposed recoupment of an overpayment or debt arising out of a fraud or abuse investigation. The notice must include:

(1)the specific basis for the overpayment or debt;

(2)a description of facts and supporting evidence;

(3)a representative sample of any documents that form the basis for the overpayment or debt;

(4)the extrapolation methodology;

(5)information relating to the extrapolation methodology used as part of the investigation and the methods used to determine the overpayment or debt in sufficie

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Sec. 544.0506. NOTICE AND INFORMAL RESOLUTION OF PROPOSED RECOUPMENT OF OVERPAYMENT OR DEBT. (a) The commission or the office of inspector general shall provide a provider with written notice of any proposed recoupment of an overpayment or debt and any damages or penalties relating to a proposed recoupment of an overpayment or debt arising out of a fraud or abuse investigation. The notice must include:
(1) the specific basis for the overpayment or debt;
(2) a description of facts and supporting evidence;
(3) a representative sample of any documents that form the basis for the overpayment or debt;
(4) the extrapolation methodology;
(5) information relating to the extrapolation methodology used as part of the investigation and the methods used to determine the overpayment or debt in sufficient detail so that the extrapolation results may be demonstrated to be statistically valid and are fully reproducible;
(6) the calculation of the overpayment or debt amount;
(7) the amount of damages and penalties, if applicable; and
(8) a description of administrative and judicial due process remedies, including the provider's option to seek informal resolution, the provider's right to seek a formal administrative appeal hearing, or that the provider may seek both.
(b) A provider may request an informal resolution meeting. On receipt of the request, the office of inspector general shall schedule the meeting and give notice to the provider of the time and place of the meeting. The informal resolution process shall run concurrently with the administrative hearing process, and the administrative hearing process may not be delayed on account of the informal resolution process.
(c) The commission shall provide the notice required by Subsection (a) to a provider that is a hospital not later than the 90th day before the date the overpayment or debt that is the subject of the notice must be paid.