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State Board of Dental Examiners Stakeholders Meeting November 20

The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners will be holding a stakeholders meeting in Austin on November 20.  It will be held at the William P. Hobby Jr. State Office Building, Tower III, Room 100, 333 Guadalupe Street at 1:30 pm. Its purpose is to allow stakeholder input to the Dental Practice Committee which will be considering the following: Teledentistry, specifically current applications and issues related to dental practice, and existing provisions of the Dental Practice Act, Board rules, and related provisions of the Texas Occupations Code; Use of Silver Diamine Fluoride, including … [Read More...]

HHS Looking for Feedback on Proposed Rules

Texas Health and Human Services as a government body develops "rules" to implement laws passed by state and federal legislators.   Their website states that "to be good stewards of the public trust, HHS takes into account stakeholder input when rules are being written or updated to ensure interested parties have a chance to contribute to the … [Read More...]

Lifetime Limitation for Restorations and Stainless Steel Crowns

Back in August, a notice appeared on the TMHP website that Texas Medicaid was going to impose a lifetime limit for restorations and stainless steel crowns on September 1. Lifetime limits The notice said: Effective for dates of service on or after September 1, 2018, lifetime limitations for restorations and stainless steel crowns will change … [Read More...]

Dentist Quits MCNA in Disgust Over $33,000 Recoup Demand

From time to time, TDMR receives correspondence from dentists expressing their frustration and anger with one or both of the current DMOs managing Texas Medicaid. Last week, we received an email from a dental provider about a recoupment demand made by MCNA.  Apparently, it took the company three years to review the documents he had sent them per … [Read More...]

TDA Weighs in on DMO RFP and Capitation

In the last edition of TDA Today, the Texas Dental Association goes to bat for dental Medicaid providers on two issues. First, the publication reported that the TDA's Council on Public Health and Access to Care met with HHSC (HHSC, HHS; tomato, tomahto) reps from the Quality Oversight, Finance and the Medicaid/CHIP Services Department.  They … [Read More...]