(a) The department may terminate a program rate or a providerâs eligibility to be paid any rate for a child placed in their care if any of the following conditions are met: (1) The department determines that, based upon the findings of a hearing officer, a rate application or information submitted by a provider was fraudulently submitted to the department. (2) A provider is failing to provide services in accordance with the standards associated with its paid rate or in accordance with its program statement. (3) A provider with an outstanding sustained overpayment incurs a second sustained overpayment, and is unable to repay the sustained overpayments. (4) A provider has a sustained overpayment that represents 100 percent of a providerâs annual rate reimbursement. (5) A provider has a sustained overpayment and has failed to timely submit its payments on more than three occasions in a 12-month period. (6) For a provider operating a short-term residential therapeutic program or a community treatment facility, the program or facility is no longer accredited as required by state law. (b) This chapter shall not be construed to affect the departmentâs authority under other provisions of law for collection of provider sustained overpayments. (c) A provider who disagrees with the departmentâs determination under this section may request an appeal pursuant to Section 11466.6.
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