Tex. Labor Code § 413.013
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 413.013, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 413.013. PROGRAMS.
Official statutory text
The commissioner by rule shall establish:
(1) a program for prospective, concurrent, and retrospective review and resolution of a dispute regarding health care treatments and services;
(2) a program for the systematic monitoring of the necessity of treatments administered and fees charged and paid for medical treatments or services, including the authorization of prospective, concurrent, or retrospective review under the medical policies of the division to ensure that the medical policies or guidelines are not exceeded;
(3) a program to detect practices and patterns by insurance carriers in unreasonably denying authorization of payment for medical services requested or performed if authorization is required by the medical policies of the division; and
(4) a program to increase the intensity of review for compliance with the medical policies or fee guidelines for any health care provider that has established a practice or pattern in charges and treatments inconsistent with the medical policies and fee guidelines.
(1) a program for prospective, concurrent, and retrospective review and resolution of a dispute regarding health care treatments and services;
(2) a program for the systematic monitoring of the necessity of treatments administered and fees charged and paid for medical treatments or services, including the authorization of prospective, concurrent, or retrospective review under the medical policies of the division to ensure that the medical policies or guidelines are not exceeded;
(3) a program to detect practices and patterns by insurance carriers in unreasonably denying authorization of payment for medical services requested or performed if authorization is required by the medical policies of the division; and
(4) a program to increase the intensity of review for compliance with the medical policies or fee guidelines for any health care provider that has established a practice or pattern in charges and treatments inconsistent with the medical policies and fee guidelines.
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