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HHSC Temporarily Waives Renewal Requirements for Medicaid, SNAP Clients During COVID-19 Crisis

Date: March 28, 2020 Contact: Christine Mann, 512-424-6951 Christine.Mann@hhsc.state.tx.us HHSC Temporarily Waives Renewal Requirements for Medicaid, SNAP Clients During COVID-19 Crisis Texas Also Waives SNAP Interview Requirements AUSTIN – Texas Health and Human Services announced today SNAP and Medicaid benefit renewals currently due will automatically be renewed so existing clients can maintain continuity of coverage during the COVID-19 public health crisis. “During this difficult time, we’re making sure Texans in need continue to receive their food and medical benefits without … [Read More...]

Texas HHS Stakeholder COVID-19 Call and Webinar

March 27, 2020 - 11:00am Austin, TX Agency name: Health and Human Services Commission Date of meeting: 3/27/2020 Time of meeting: 11:00 AM Committees: Notice of Possible Quorum at Stakeholder COVID-19 Call Street Location: This meeting does not have a physical location. It is a webinar and phone call open to the public. Webinar … [Read More...]

Rumors Swirling About Payment for Non-Emergency Treatment

TDMR has heard that some dentists are concerned that DentaQuest and MCNA might not pay for non-emergency services during this public health emergency. Just rumors Correspondence we have seen between a provider and one company indicates that these sentiments are just unsubstantiated rumors. So please don't believe anything until you have seen it … [Read More...]

Journal of Dental Research Paper on COVID-19 Available

We have been sent the following paper which we want to share.  It is from the Journal of Dental Research and titled "Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Emerging and Future Challenges for Dental and Oral Medicine."  It apparently details how dentists in Wuhan, China provided emergency dental care to confirmed COVID-19 cases without a single … [Read More...]

UPDATE: TSBDE Announcement on COVID-19

UPDATE:  1. Additional CDC information for dental providers: https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/statement-COVID.html 2.  This is the latest from the Texas Dental Association: TDA has been in contact with the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners and Governor Abbott’s office. As of March 16, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. CT, there are no federal or … [Read More...]

OIG Report for February

TDMR recently received Texas HHS-OIG's email newsletter for February.  We're not sure how many others who are interested get this so we are going to … [Read More...]

UPDATE: In Memoriam

UPDATE:  This past Saturday over 500 family, friends and individuals from the community came to pay their respects to Dr. Villarreal at Camp … [Read More...]