Texas Health & Human Services Commission’s rule on Medicaid Inpatient Service Rates Under Scrutiny
Monday, July 27th, 2009In a Texas Supreme Court opinion in El Paso Hospital District v. THHSC, the high court was asked to determine whether the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s (HHSC) data-collection method for calculating prospective Medicaid inpatient service rates is an agency rule as defined by the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). Tex. Gov’t Code § 2001.003(6). [...]