Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is a public academic health sciences center dedicated to educating healthcare professionals, advancing biomedical research, and providing patient-centered clinical care across Texas. With campuses in Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland, Odessa, Abilene and Dallas, TTUHSC serves a large rural and underserved population, integrating medical education, nursing, pharmacy, health professions, and graduate biomedical sciences programs. Its mission emphasizes improving access to care, addressing regional health disparities, and training providers to meet the unique needs of West Texas communities.
The mission of the TTUHSC Institutional Compliance Office (ICO) is to advance an
institutional culture of ethics, integrity and compliance with laws, regulations and
policies, governing institutions of higher education through awareness programs,
monitoring and responding to non-compliance.
Billing Compliance Office is under the ICO, with the vision to reduce the submission of improper health care billing claims by TTUHSC. In support of this vision, our mission is to establish an effective billing compliance program for TTUHSC clinical practices in accordance with state and federal standards. Our offices will provide providers and their staff with appropriate informationto assure awareness of proper billing for health care items and services. In addition, billing compliance staff will assess the effectiveness and quality of the billing compliance program to ensure compliance with coding and billing standards.