The department's responsibilities in relation to provider fraud and abuse include the following:
  (1) establishing criteria for identifying cases of possible fraud or abuse;
  (2) establishing the methods for referring suspected fraud cases for investigation;
  (3) cooperating with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Office of the Attorney General, by furnishing information and data and serving as witnesses, when requested;
  (4) recouping all overpayments and taking other administrative sanctions and actions; and
  (5) investigating cases of possible abuse.

Source Note: The provisions of this §357.584 adopted to be effective February 29, 1980, 5 TexReg 526; amended to be effective July 1, 1986, 11 TexReg 2825; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 17, 2004, 29 TexReg 9013