Common use of Provider Complaints Clause in Contracts

Provider Complaints. Medicaid HMOs must develop, implement, and maintain a system for tracking and resolving all Medicaid Provider complaints. Within this process, the HMO must respond fully and completely to each complaint and establish a tracking mechanism to document the status and final disposition of each Provider complaint. The HMO must resolve Provider Complaints within 30 days from the date the Complaint is received. The HMO is subject to remedies, including liquidated damages, if at least 98 percent of Provider Complaints are not resolved within 30 days of receipt of the Complaint by the HMO. Please see the Uniform Managed Care Contract Terms & Conditions and Attachment B-5, Deliverables/Liquidated Damages Matrix. HMOs must also resolve Provider Complaints received by HHSC no later than the due date indicated on HHSC’s notification form. HHSC will generally provide HMOs ten (10) Business Days to resolve such Complaints. If an HMO cannot resolve a Complaint by the due date indicated on the notification form, it may submit a request to extend the deadline. HHSC may, in its reasonable discretion, grant a written extension if the HMO demonstrates good cause. Unless HHSC has granted a written extension as described above, the HMO is subject to remedies, including liquidated damages if Provider Complaints are not resolved by the timeframes indicated herein.