UPDATE: Two days before we originally published this article on December 18, then entitled "Dentists Not Included as First Tier Healthcare Workers to … [Read more...]
DMOs Find Less than $400,000 in Medicaid Fraud in 2020
Texas HHS-OIG has just published its report for 2020 on Medicaid fraud uncovered and reported by MCOs in Texas. The report shows that DentaQuest … [Read more...]
Bill Introduced to Include MCO/DMOs in Medicaid Fraud Investigations by HHSC-OIG
Bill filing has started for the upcoming legislative session at the Texas Capitol. One of the early filings is HB 648, a bill introduced by House … [Read more...]
How Many Dentists Have Been Charged With Medicaid Fraud Since 2017 to Now? Zero
TDMR recently reported about an open record request filed with the Office of the Attorney General to find out how many dentists were indicted for … [Read more...]
Lafountain Qui Tam Lawyers Held High-Powered Fundraiser for Trial Judge’s 2016 Election Campaign
Online research has found that lawyers for Joshua Lafountain held a high-powered fundraiser in August of 2016 for the current trial judge in the case, … [Read more...]
Whistleblower Has Outstanding Texas Warrants Since 2017
More details have emerged about Joshua Lafountain, the relator in a Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act qui tam lawsuit filed against 71 dental … [Read more...]
Despite Claims of $100s of Millions in Dental Medicaid Fraud, Only 5 Texas Dentists Indicted Between 2011 and 2016
TDMR recently received information from an open records request to the Texas Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Office of the Attorney General. The … [Read more...]
Gov. Greg Abbott says accusations against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton “raise serious concerns”
Senior officials in the Texas Attorney General's Office have asked federal law enforcement to "investigate allegations of improper influence, abuse of … [Read more...]
Every State Budget Since 2011 Has Tasked OIG to Investigate Medicaid Dentists
A few weeks ago, we published our analysis of the latest Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General quarterly report and were struck … [Read more...]
DMOs Using Gift Cards to Attract New Members But It’s Illegal For Dental Providers
Remember back in 2012 when the media and the state were outraged by dentists giving out gift cards or other small inducements to have Medicaid … [Read more...]
ADSO Response to TDMR DMO 2020 Survey
TDMR took the opportunity to send a few questions to the new president of the Association of Dental Service Organizations (ADSO) Emmet Scott about the … [Read more...]
2020 TDMR DMO Survey Results: Improvement, Skepticism About A Third Company
We are pleased to make public the results of our Texas Medicaid Dental Maintenance Organization Annual Survey 2020. This year 90 dentists took … [Read more...]
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