TX Medicaid provider bonds.
$1,000 flat.
Certain Texas Medicaid providers must file a $50,000 surety bond with the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) as a condition of enrollment, under 1 TAC §352.15, on the TMHP bond form (F00092). Ours is $1,000 flat — set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond, identical for every provider — with a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
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Three steps to enrolled.
Your Medicaid enrollment or revalidation is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date, and whether you’ve held surety bonds before — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with HHSC
Pay online and receive the executed bond (TMHP Form F00092), ready to file with your Medicaid enrollment or revalidation. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Texas Medicaid is administered by HHSC, with enrollment run through TMHP. To curb fraud and unrecovered overpayments, 1 TAC §352.15 lets HHSC require a surety bond of no less than $50,000 for each enrolled location — where a provider or type of provider has been identified by federal or state agencies as having a significant history of, or potential for, fraud, waste, or abuse, or where HHSC in its sole discretion applies the requirement based on a provider’s conduct.
The bond guarantees repayment of uncollected overpayments: if a provider is paid for claims it wasn’t entitled to and fails to refund the money, HHSC can recover against the bond. HHSC is the obligee, and the principal and surety are bound jointly and severally up to the $50,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays HHSC, you repay the surety. Providers who bill cleanly and refund overpayments promptly treat the bond as an enrollment formality. Whether you need it depends on your provider type; confirm with TMHP if you’re unsure.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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Other Texas bonds.
HHSC is waiting on one document.
$1,000 flat, short application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.