El Paso County Hospital District v. Texas Health & Human Services Commission

OPINION

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

Appellants (the Hospitals) sued the Health and Human Services Commission (the Commission) seeking a declaration (1) that the Commission’s cut-off date for the submission of paid claims to determine reimbursement rates for inpatient Medicaid services is invalid under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and (2) that the Commission failed to follow its administrative appeals rule applicable to the Hospitals’ claims. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 2001.038(a) (West 2000). The Commission is statutorily required to adopt rules that assure that payment rates, determined…