Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2000 Report
Section 8, Article II, House Bill 1, 76th Legislature
Office of Investigations and Enforcement
Texas Health and Human Services Commission

OPENED CASES – 06/01/00 – 08/31/00

Referral Source

Received

Office of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU)

9

Board of Medical Examiners

7

Board of Licensed Vocational Nurse Examiners

80

Board of Nurse Examiners

154

Health and Human Services/Office Inspector General

15

Health and Human Service Commission, Office of Investigations & Enforcement, Medicaid Program Integrity

65

Pharmacy Board

2

Surveillance & Utilization Review System (SURS)

49

Texas Department of Health (TDH)

1

Provider

1

Total Cases Opened in 4th Qtr. 2000

383

Cases Opened and Closed during the 4th Qtr 2000

(211)

Remaining Open Cases in 1st Qtr. 2000

201

Remaining Open Cases in 2nd Qtr. 2000

135

Remaining Open Cases in 3rd Qtr. 2000

121

*Remaining Open Cases in FY99

*581

*Remaining Open Cases in FY 98

*263

*Remaining Open Cases Prior to FY97

*210

Total cases opened

1683

* Many of these cases are in Sanction status and will not be closed until the Sanction is completed.

STATUS OF OPEN CASES

Status Code

Definition of Status Code

Total Number

1

Preliminary Investigation

427

2

Full Scale Investigation

417

 

Total

844

 

Status Code

Referred To

Total Number

3a

Office of the Attorney General’s
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU)


86

3a1

Office of the Attorney General’s
Tort Litigation Division


1

3c

Office of the Attorney General’s
Elder Law Section


3

3f

Utilization Review Division

1

3i01

State Board of Dental Examiners

8

3i03

State Board of Pharmacy

1

3i07

State Board of Medical Examiners

1

3i09

State Board of Certified Nurse Aides

1

3j

HHSC Nurse Review

3

3m01

NHIC Education Visit

33

3m04

NHIC for Application Surveillance

1

3r

Health Facility Compliance

1

3t

Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General

2

3w

Medicaid Part A & B

1

4

Pending Sanctions

72

4b

Pending Appeals

6

 

Total

221

 

Status Code

Sanctions Imposed

Total Number

5a

Recoupment

410

5b

Vendor Hold

81

5f

Request for Reinstatement

3

5g

Global Settlement

2

5e

Pending Exclusion

122

 

Total

618

 

Total Number of Open Cases

1683

RECOUPMENT DOLLARS – FOURTH QUARTER FISCAL YEAR 2000

Office of Investigation & Enforcement Area

Total

Compliance Monitoring and Referral

$2,319,174

*Medicaid Fraud & Abuse Detection System -- Dollars identified

$2,154,817*

Medicaid Fraud & Abuse Detection System -- Dollars recovered

$1,114,159

Utilization Review – Case Mix (Nursing Homes)

$2,070,686

Utilization Review – DRG (Hospitals)

$7,463,139

Utilization Review – Tax Equity & Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA)

$15,372

Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystems -- SURS

$373,802

Medicaid Program Integrity

$856,084

Medicaid Program Integrity – Civil Monetary Penalties

$48,897

TOTAL

$16,416,130

* This amount represents claims inappropriately paid based on policy and/or investigations. It does not represent the actual dollars that may be recoverable.

Note: Total recoupment dollars reflect all active cases within OIE. Investigations refer only to active, full, fraud and abuse investigations.