Current through Reg. 49, No. 49; December 6, 2024
Section 87.205 - Contact Information(a) OO staff maintain a public website for OMCAT with its contact information and develop brochures and other materials that can be distributed to consumers and Medicaid health care providers.(b) In accordance with requirements of the Uniform Managed Care Manual maintained by HHSC Medicaid program staff and available on the HHSC web site, each MCO includes OMCAT contact information on its member web sites and in member handbooks.(c) An HHS consumer, the consumer's LAR, or a health care provider may contact OMCAT through the following methods:(1) toll-free phone: (A) 1-866-566-8989 (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Central Standard Time, Monday through Friday); or(B) 7-1-1 or 1-800-735-2989 for a person who has a hearing or speech disability;(2) toll-free fax: 1-888-780-8099;(3) mail to HHS Office of the Ombudsman, Managed Care Assistance Team, P.O. Box 13247, Austin TX 78711-3247; or(4) online: hhs.texas.gov/ombudsman.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 87.205
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 02, January 11, 2019, TexReg 259, eff. 1/10/2019; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 50, December 16, 2022, TexReg 8274, eff. 12/21/2022