Tex.
Gov't Code Section 531.02411
Streamlining Administrative Processes
(1)
expanding the utilization of the electronic claims payment system;(2)
developing an Internet portal system for prior authorization requests;(3)
encouraging Medicaid providers to submit their program participation applications electronically;(4)
ensuring that the Medicaid provider application is easy to locate on the Internet so that providers may conveniently apply to the program;(5)
working with federal partners to take advantage of every opportunity to maximize additional federal funding for technology in Medicaid; and(6)
encouraging the increased use of medical technology by providers, including increasing their use of:(A)
electronic communications between patients and their physicians or other health care providers;(B)
electronic prescribing tools that provide up-to-date payer formulary information at the time a physician or other health care practitioner writes a prescription and that support the electronic transmission of a prescription;(C)
ambulatory computerized order entry systems that facilitate physician and other health care practitioner orders at the point of care for medications and laboratory and radiological tests;(D)
inpatient computerized order entry systems to reduce errors, improve health care quality, and lower costs in a hospital setting;(E)
regional data-sharing to coordinate patient care across a community for patients who are treated by multiple providers; and(F)
electronic intensive care unit technology to allow physicians to fully monitor hospital patients remotely.
Source:
Section 531.02411 — Streamlining Administrative Processes, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.531.htm#531.02411 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
