Sec. 4201.205. DESIGNATED INITIAL CONTACT. (a) A health care provider may designate one or more individuals as the initial contact or contacts for a utilization review agent seeking routine information or data.
(b) A designation made under this section may not preclude a utilization review agent or medical advisor from contacting a health care provider or the provider's employees who are not designated under this section under circumstances in which:
(1) a review might otherwise be unreasonably delayed; or
(2) the designated individual is unable to provide the necessary data or information that the agent requests.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 4, eff. April 1, 2007.
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