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Antoine Dental | Medicaid Reform News
“Cover Your Ass” by State Officials About Medicaid Ortho Dentists Continues
February 3, 2020 0
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Texas Lawyers Behind Samson Dental Partners and ImmediaDent $5.1 million settlement in Indiana
December 18, 2018 2
Antoine Dental | Medicaid Reform News
Dentists Vindicated Again By Court of Appeals and Awarded Court Costs But Will the Madness End?

Today the Sixth Court of Appeals issued their decision in the Medicaid payment hold case of Antoine Dental Center of Houston.  The court again exonerated the practice from allegations of Medicaid fraud, again terminated the payment hold and, for the … Read More

April 7, 2016 0
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Antoine Dental | Harlingen Family Dentistry | Medicaid Reform News
OIG Settling Old Dental Medicaid Cases, But the OAG Retooling Some of Them

As reported in the press this week, there has been a tremendous effort on the part of the new Health and Human Services Commission Inspector General Stuart Bowen to settle old, outstanding investigations against Medicaid providers—including dentists.  Per the Chronicle, … Read More

September 24, 2015 0
Antoine Dental | Medicaid Reform News
Antoine Dental Center District Court Victory Appealed – Are Taxpayers Being Served?

The recent decision by a Travis County District Court judge that again vindicated Antoine Dental Center of Houston on allegations of Medicaid fraud and vacated a three-year “credible allegation of fraud” payment hold has been appealed by the Civil Medicaid … Read More

September 10, 2015 0
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Antoine Dental | Medicaid Reform News
Antoine Dental Vindicated! Court Overturns HHSC Ruling on Alleged Fraud and Payment Hold

Yesterday, Travis County District Court Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued her decision in the case of Antoine Dental Centers of Houston, vindicating the practice in its payment hold case.  The practice had been accused of “credible allegations of fraud” in … Read More

August 13, 2015 0
Antoine Dental | Media
State loses yet another round in dental fraud war | Statesman 

A district court judge on Wednesday handed state Medicaid regulators another decisive courtroom loss, adding one more notch to the Health and Human Service Commission’s Office of Inspector General’s unenviable losing streak pursuing dentists and orthodontists it claims have bilked … Read More

August 13, 2015 0
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Janek’s “Capricious” Decision in Antoine Dental Case Challenged in District Court

Last Wednesday, July 16, lawyers for Antoine Dental Centers of Houston again went to court. Going Travis County District Court This time they appeared before Travis County District Court to appeal the Medicaid payment hold final decision by former Health … Read More

July 23, 2015 0
Scales of Justice in the Courtroom
Antoine Dental | Harlingen Family Dentistry | Medicaid Reform News
Court Sides with Medicaid Dentists and Negates HHSC-OIG Rules on Medicaid Payment Holds for Program Violations

Today, the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision and negated Health and Human Services Commission rules that allow for the Office of Inspector General to place Medicaid payment holds in certain circumstances, basically for only program violations … Read More

November 25, 2014 0
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Antoine Dental | Due Process Rights | Harlingen Family Dentistry | Medicaid Reform News
Kyle Janek Rules – “Dentists Found Innocent by SOAH, Are Guilty”

On May 7th,  Dr. Kyle Janek, the Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, issued his final order in the case of Antoine Dental Center of Houston. Upheld reversal of favorable SOAH ruling on Antoine Dental As expected, … Read More

June 25, 2014 0
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Antoine Dental | Media | Medicaid Reform News
Company That OK’d Unnecessary Braces Kept Its Contract | The Texas Tribune

by Becca Aaronson, The Texas Tribune May 1, 2014 Part one of two. In 2010 and 2011, Antoine Dental was among Texas’ top-billing Medicaid providers for orthodontic services, collecting more than $1 million annually for putting braces on poor children. … Read More

May 1, 2014 0
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Antoine Dental | Harlingen Family Dentistry | Medicaid Reform News
Medicaid Ortho Case Photos with HLD Scores by Provider and Experts

A recent review of our website content revealed to us that while PDF files containing these photos have always been on the site, perhaps they have not been as prominently displayed as they should be. Medicaid after all is about … Read More

March 29, 2014 0
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Antoine Dental | Due Process Rights | Harlingen Family Dentistry | Medicaid Reform News
Attorney General: HHSC courts are not “trial courts” and HHSC judges are not “judges”

This week the Texas Attorney General filed a remarkable brief to oppose the motion to disqualify HHSC judge Rick Gilpin from a Medicaid payment hold case because he was a senior lawyer in the Attorney General’s office for some 38 … Read More

March 26, 2014 0
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Antoine Dental | Harlingen Family Dentistry | Medicaid Reform News
Attorney for Dentists Moves to Disqualify HHSC Judge Based on Texas Constitution

A motion has been filed with the Texas Health and Human Services Appeal Division to have Judge Rick Gilpin disqualified as a hearing officer for cases involving dentists that started while Gilpin was still an attorney within the Attorney General’s … Read More

March 24, 2014 0
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Antoine Dental | Medicaid Reform News
TDMR To Request Federal Investigation Of HHSC’s “Cut-And-Paste” Decision In Antoine Dental Reversal

On February 27th, administrative law judge Rick Gilpin of Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued a final order in the “credible allegation of fraud” payment hold case of Antoine Dental of Houston, fully reversing the Proposal for Decision written … Read More

March 7, 2014 0
Antoine Dental | Due Process Rights | Media
Fair? Agency judge finds in favor of agency | Statesman Investigates Blog | www.statesman.com

In a highly unusual move, a judge working for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission last week overturned findings of an outside judge — essentially changing a finding of innocence to one of guilt. The case is particularly unusual … Read More

March 6, 2014 0
Antoine Dental | Media
Judge finds credible evidence of Medicaid fraud by Texas clinic | Dr. Bicuspid

March 5, 2014 — A Texas judge has upheld payment holds on Medicaid payments for Houston dental clinic Antoine Dental Center (ADC), citing credible evidence of Medicaid fraud. The clinics billed about $8.1 million for orthodontic services in less than … Read More

March 5, 2014 0
Scales of Justice in the Courtroom
Antoine Dental | Medicaid Reform News
SOAH Judges Again Reject OIG Arguments in Antoine Dental Case

Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings judges, the Honorable Howard Seitzman and the Honorable Catherine Egan, provided their final Proposal for Decision in the case of Houston’s Antoine Dental Center to HHSC Excecutive Director Dr. Kyle Janek on Thursday. Antoine … Read More

January 17, 2014 0
Justice for Medicaid providers
Antoine Dental | Medicaid Reform News
Antoine Dental Center Innocent of All OIG Allegations of Fraud and Misrepresentation!

Austin: (PR Web): Two administrative law judges with the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) have issued their proposal for decision in the case of Antoine Dental Center of Houston (ADC) SOAH Docket No. 529-13-0997. ADC had been placed … Read More

November 6, 2013 0
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Antoine Dental | Harlingen Family Dentistry | Media | Medicaid Reform News
OIG Loses Another Medicaid Fraud Court Battle | The Texas Tribune

by Becca Aaronson, The Texas Tribune November 5, 2013 The Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s Office of Inspector General, which says that hundreds of millions of dollars have been misspent on fraudulent Medicaid orthodontic and dental claims, has lost … Read More

November 6, 2013 0
Antoine Dental | Harlingen Family Dentistry | Media | Medicaid Reform News
On Dental Claims, State’s Bark Worse Than Its Bite | The Texas Tribune

by Becca Aaronson October 15, 2013 Texans discovered nearly two years ago that the state was spending more on orthodontic claims in its Medicaid program than the other 49 states combined, but recovery of millions in purportedly misspent Medicaid money … Read More

October 15, 2013 0
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Antoine Dental | Medicaid Reform News
Final Arguments Filed in
Antoine Dental SOAH Hearing

This past week attorneys for Antoine Dental Center (ADC) and those representing the Office of the Inspector General filed their closing arguments in the pending State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) case. The case challenges the 100% payment hold that … Read More

August 28, 2013 0
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Antoine Dental | Medicaid Reform News
UPDATED WITH PHOTO: Antoine Dental SOAH Overpayment Hearing Held

Hearing Transcripts Now Available for Download Antoine Dental Clinic vs. HHSC-OIG – Vol. 1 Antoine Dental Clinic vs. HHSC-OIG – Vol. 2 Antoine Dental Center v. THHSC, OIG – Vol. 3 Antoine Dental Center v. THHSC, OIG – Vol. 4 … Read More

August 9, 2013 0
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Antoine Dental | Harlingen Family Dentistry | Medicaid Reform News
Antoine Dental and HFD File Motion to Unseal Ellis Qui Tam Suit

Last week, Antoine Dental Centers of Houston and Harlingen Family Dentistry of Harlingen brought a motion before the Travis County District Court to unseal the massive Christine Ellis qui tam suit filing that in redacted form appears to have 46 … Read More

July 21, 2013 0
Scales of Justice in the Courtroom
Antoine Dental | Medicaid Reform News
Office of the Inspector General Is Spending $250,000 on Outside Lawyers to Litigate Dental Medicaid Case?

Texas Dentists for Medicaid Reform questions why Texas taxpayers will pay up to $500 an hour to Dallas law firm Waters & Kraus when legislators have already approved monies for OIG staff expansion; a trend if applied to all cases … Read More

May 14, 2013 0
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      • The Facts About the Medicaid Orthodontic Scandal 2007 to 2012
      • HHSC-OIG Archive 2012 to 2014
        • TMHP
        • Antoine Dental Case
        • Harlingen Family Dentistry Case
          • Further HFD articles
        • OIG Never Returns Funds
        • Webinar March 19 2012
        • 2008 TMHP Audit by OIG
        • 2012 TMHP Audit by OIG
        • OIG Legislative Testimony
          • OIG Testimony March 19 2013
          • OIG Testimony February 13 2013
          • OIG Testimony February 4 2013
          • OIG Testimony January 30 2013
        • Jack Stick Arrest for DWI
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          • Overview
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