The Texas Medical Board (“TMB”) has adopted an emergency rule based on Governor Greg Abbott’s April 17, 2020 Executive Order, which permits certain elective procedures beginning at 11:59 p.m. on April 21, 2020. The emergency rule incorporates a violation
In final rules published in the January 24, 2020 Texas Register, the Texas Department of State Health Services established a new operational requirement for ambulatory surgical centers and freestanding emergency medical care facilities to establish a nursing peer review
An Attorney General Opinion (KP-0250) released on May 22 provides that a court would likely find that the deadline provisions in the Texas Insurance Code applicable to Health Maintenance Organizations (“HMOs”) and Preferred Provider Organizations (“PPOs”) relating to prompt payment