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HHS-OIG Releases Latest Quarterly Report

TDMR received an email update from the Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General this week.  Although regular quarterly reports have been continually generated by the agency since the resignation of Stuart Bowen as IG in 2017, this is the first email notification we have received about one in quite a long time. Previous quarterly reports can be viewed at http://oig.hhsc.texas.gov/reports?category%5B%5D=6. Recoveries and provider investigations The agency recovered some $97.7 million this quarter with the majority of that, $81 million, coming from Third Party Liability (TPL) … [Read More...]

More Dentists Left Texas Medicaid Than Joined in 2018

The number of dentists who participate in Texas Medicaid dropped last year, the first time in at least a decade. Earlier similar request in 2016 This revelation comes from a spreadsheet compiled by Texas Health and Human Services responsive to an open record request from TDMR.  TDMR made a similar request in 2016 and wanted to get the latest … [Read More...]

State Medicaid Fraud Control Units Recovered $859 Million in 2018

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued their "Medicaid Fraud Control Units Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Report" this past week. In 2018, MFCUs around the country got back some $859 million from criminal and civil recoveries. This represents $2.92 for every dollar the MCFU's spent. There were some 1,503 … [Read More...]

ADA’s Recommendations for State Dental Managed Care RFPs/Contracts

The internet is definitely a wonderful place. Sometimes you come across things that you don't expect or know about. The following document is one of them. We didn't know it existed and it came up on a random Google search. We thought it might be of some interest to Medicaid dental providers as we are still waiting for an announcement of which … [Read More...]

Need a Healthcare Attorney? Jack Stick is Available

As a Medicaid provider, you can now hire the man that was trying to prosecute you a few years ago. Jack Stick, the disgraced former chief counsel for Texas Health and Human Services and former deputy Inspector General for enforcement, has opened his doors as an attorney to represent healthcare providers who "are being accused of knowingly and … [Read More...]

Texas Health & Human Services Overview

We came across this PDF of a presentation recently done for the House County Affairs Committee by Dr. Courtney Phillips, the Executive Commissioner of Texas Health and Human Services. The presentation is an excellent overview of the agency with current statistics and even an organization chart showing who heads what. We should mention that we … [Read More...]