Section 531.0861 - [Repealed Effective 4/1/2025] Physician Incentive Program to Reduce Hospital Emergency Room Use for Non-Emergent Conditions(a) If cost-effective, the executive commissioner by rule shall establish a physician incentive program designed to reduce the use of hospital emergency room services for non-emergent conditions by recipients under Medicaid.(b) In establishing the physician incentive program under Subsection (a), the executive commissioner may include only the program components identified as cost-effective in the study conducted under former Section 531.086.(c) If the physician incentive program includes the payment of an enhanced reimbursement rate for routine after-hours appointments, the executive commissioner shall implement controls to ensure that the after-hours services billed are actually being provided outside of normal business hours.Tex. Gov't. Code § 531.0861
Repealed by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 3.01, eff. 4/1/2025.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 2.119, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7, Sec. 1.09(a), eff. 9/28/2011.