The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) or its designee may delay or withhold vendor payment to a provider in order to investigate or correct financial or accounting irregularities or to obtain required documentation.(1) Vendor payments will be held until the circumstances resulting in vendor hold are corrected.(2) A provider has the right to appeal a vendor hold as specified in 1 TAC §§357.481 - 357.490 (Right to a Hearing).