On Tuesday, May 2, Dr. Juan D. Villarreal D.D.S. was honored by the U.S. Small Business Administration Lower Rio Grande Valley District at a luncheon … [Read more...]
Texas Medicaid Dentists Prevail Again Over State Agencies in Court
This past Friday, the Texas Supreme Court dismissed a petition from the Texas Office of Attorney General to review a 3rd Court of Appeal decision … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Another Legal Win for Medicaid Dentist: Appeals Court Tells OIG To Return Payment Hold Monies
The 3rd Texas Court of Appeals has agreed with a Travis County District Court judge and has issued a ruling that the Office of the Inspector General … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
HHSC Judge Denies SOAH Hearing for Medicaid Overpayment Hearing
The same HHSC judge that overturned a favorable SOAH (State Office of Administrative Hearings) decision in the payment hold case of Antoine Dental of … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
