Sec. 531.120. NOTICE AND INFORMAL RESOLUTION OF PROPOSED RECOUPMENT OF OVERPAYMENT OR DEBT. (a) The commission or the commission's 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;
(4-a) 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;
(5) the calculation of the overpayment or debt amount;
(6) the amount of damages and penalties, if applicable; and
(7) 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 under this section, and on receipt of the request, the office shall schedule the informal resolution meeting. The office shall give notice to the provider of the time and place of the informal resolution 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.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 622 (S.B. 1803), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 945 (S.B. 207), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2015.
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