Section 533.00511. Quality-Based Enrollment Incentive Program for Managed Care Organizations

TX Govt Code § 533.00511 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 533.00511. QUALITY-BASED ENROLLMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS. (a) In this section, "potentially preventable event" has the meaning assigned by Section 536.001.

(b) The commission shall create an incentive program that automatically enrolls a greater percentage of recipients who did not actively choose their managed care plan in a managed care plan, based on:

(1) the quality of care provided through the managed care organization offering that managed care plan;

(2) the organization's ability to efficiently and effectively provide services, taking into consideration the acuity of populations primarily served by the organization; and

(3) the organization's performance with respect to exceeding, or failing to achieve, appropriate outcome and process measures developed by the commission, including measures based on potentially preventable events.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1310 (S.B. 7), Sec. 4.03, eff. September 1, 2013.