Sec. 843.350. OVERPAYMENT. (a) A health maintenance organization may recover an overpayment to a physician or provider if:
(1) not later than the 180th day after the date the physician or provider receives the payment, the health maintenance organization provides written notice of the overpayment to the physician or provider that includes the basis and specific reasons for the request for recovery of funds; and
(2) the physician or provider does not make arrangements for repayment of the requested funds on or before the 45th day after the date the physician or provider receives the notice.
(b) If a physician or provider disagrees with a request for recovery of an overpayment, the health maintenance organization shall provide the physician or provider with an opportunity to appeal, and the health maintenance organization may not recover the overpayment until all appeal rights are exhausted.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 214, Sec. 19, eff. June 17, 2003.
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