Sec. 531.076. REVIEW OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW PROCESSES. (a) The commission shall periodically review in accordance with an established schedule the prior authorization and utilization review processes within the Medicaid fee-for-service delivery model to determine if those processes need modification to reduce authorizations of unnecessary services and inappropriate use of services. The commission shall also monitor the processes described in this subsection for anomalies and, on identification of an anomaly in a process, shall review the process for modification earlier than scheduled.
(b) The commission shall monitor Medicaid managed care organizations to ensure that the organizations are using prior authorization and utilization review processes to reduce authorizations of unnecessary services and inappropriate use of services.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1311 (S.B. 8), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.
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