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Xerox Can’t Blame Dentists in State Fraud Case Rules Texas Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Texas today rejected an attempt by Xerox/Conduent to point the finger at Texas dentists when it goes to court in an attempt to defend itself from at least $2 billion in damages and penalties stemming from its failed Medicaid orthodontic prior authorization process from 2004 to 2012. Wanted to make dentists financially responsible for damages The company was seeking to apportion the blame and the financial responsibility to the dentists who had filed requests and received prior approval from the company for Medicaid orthodontic work from 2004 through 2012. In 2015, … [Read More...]

Texas Medicaid Dental Maintenance Organization Annual Survey 2018

UPDATE: April 20:  NEW SURVEY IS OPEN After reviewing the responses from the previous version of the survey, we closed it because there was a large amount of doubt about the veracity of some of the answers provided.  The largest indicator was that 46% of those claiming they were Medicaid dentists did NOT want to see any more dental management … [Read More...]

Texas Health Official Resigns Amid Contracting Errors

Heather Griffith Peterson has resigned from her job as chief operating officer for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Texas Health and Human Services Yoiks, here we are again.By Marissa Evans, The Texas Tribune April 18, 2018 The state official who oversees information technology and contracting at the Texas Health and Human … [Read More...]

State auditor finds more contracting errors made by health agencies

Charles Smith of the Texas Department of Health and Human Services testifies Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, to the House Committees on Human Services and Public Health at the Capitol.   Bob Daemmrich for the Texas Tribune. Texas HHS still hasn't learned its lesson about contracting, from before Jack Stick and 21CT until today.  Three people have already … [Read More...]

DMO Request for Proposals Coming?

TDMR has been asked several times recently if we have any knowledge of an upcoming RFP (request for proposals) for dental management organizations.  There have been rumors flying around for well over a year now that Texas Health and Human Services would be putting out such an RFP at some point. Back in the day, late 2016, we even talked with … [Read More...]

The United States Dental Association Is Forming!

Dental care for kids who need it

TDMR has been asked to inform its readers that a new association of dentists is in the process of being formed. The new association is to be called the United States Dental Association. Among the founding members of the new organization are Drs. Juan Villarreal and Robert Anderton.  Dr. Villarreal is the founder of TDMR, author of "Truth Decay" … [Read More...]

Bye-bye Xerox, Hello Fuji

Two days ago, the iconic and troubled American corporation Xerox was sold to Japan's Fujifilm for $6.3 billion dollars, ending its solo history in this country. Losing money, under pressure The new company will be known as Fuji Xerox and, per Reuters, "become a subsidiary of Fujifilm, with … [Read More...]

“Truth Decay” One Year Later

In January of last year, Dr. Juan Villarreal's long-awaited book "Truth Decay: How Government Corruption Caused a Political Scandal Victimizing Texas Dentists and How It Could Happen to You!" was released on Amazon.com.     "Truth Decay" details Dr. Villarreal's personal struggles and victories … [Read More...]

UPDATED: Xerox Goes After Dentists to the Texas Supreme Court

UPDATE: Arguments in this case were heard by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, December 6. The 39-minute video of the oral arguments is here. The court's decision is not expected until spring of next year. As a heads up for dentists across the state, it appears there is a long shot possibility that … [Read More...]

Equifax and the Small Health Care Provider

By TDMR President Gregory Ewing On September 7, 2017, Equifax, one of the nation’s three credit-reporting companies reported that it had discovered a cybersecurity breach that compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans, roughly half of the population of the United … [Read More...]

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