After our article on the Lafountain TMFPA case and the allegations of Medicaid fraud against 71 dentists and dental entities the relator had never … [Read more...]
Court Asked to Dismiss TMFPA Case and Sanction Whistleblower and His Lawyers
Lawyers for one of the defendant dentists in the Lafountain TMFPA lawsuit filed a motion June 1 asking the Dallas County district court judge … [Read more...]
OAG Says TMFPA Relators Don’t Need Knowledge of Provider Wrongdoing
Medicaid providers might be forgiven for thinking that the Texas government has provided legal protections against frivolous or vengeful TMFPA … [Read more...]
As coronavirus hits Texas, the state’s top health official is spending 30 hours a week on a second job — that pays $600,000
Acting Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Phil Wilson. Photo credit: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune By Shannon Najmabadi, Texas … [Read more...]
Legal Case Highlights Danger of Expensive, Opportunistic TMFPA Lawsuits
A legal case against 71 Medicaid dental entities and dentists brought by a single, former dental employee who never worked in any of their offices … [Read more...]
Incorrectly Billed $68 Fee Led to $12 Million Malouf Judgment, Not Medically Unnecessary Treatment
More information has surfaced regarding the almost $12 million summary judgment recently obtained against Dallas orthodontist Dr. Richard Malouf by … [Read more...]
Judge Orders Dr. Richard Malouf to Pay Texas Back $12 Million for Medicaid Fraud
The Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton sent out a press release Thursday that a Travis County judge had issued a summary judgment ordering Dr. … [Read more...]
TSBDE Clarifies “Substantial Equivalent” for N-95 and KN-95 Masks
This clarification is now on the TSBDE website. In the interest of patient and DHCP safety, TSBDE would like to clarify 22 TAC Section … [Read more...]
New HHSC Acting Executive Commissioner and Medicaid Director
TDMR received a notification from HHSC today that a new Medicaid director had been named. However, it mentioned that there was a new Acting Executive … [Read more...]
UPDATE: TSBDE Rule Adopted This Afternoon For Opening Dental Offices May 1
UPDATE, May 1: TDA added a release to their website last night. This is now below. After having their proposed rule and guidelines … [Read more...]
UPDATE: San Antonio Dentist Starts Petition to Allow Texas Dentists to use Teledentistry to Screen and Triage Patients
UPDATE: May 1: KXAN Austin has done a story on the petition drive. There are now over 3,200 signatures on the petition. “We have never prevented … [Read more...]
TSBDE to Meet Tomorrow Morning On COVID 19 Re-Opening Rules
The TSBDE Board is meeting virtually tomorrow morning at 9:30 am to finalize rules relating to Governor Abbott's new executive order GA 19 that allows … [Read more...]
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