Here is the June/July edition of the Texas Medicaid News! Hello and welcome to the Texas Medicaid news update, I’m Andy Zajac. Things have been hot and heavy over the last few weeks in Austin. 1) Our top story is … Read More
Four firms provided “proof of concept” demonstrations of their Medicaid fraud detection software to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and its Office of Inspector General back in 2011. These proof of concept projects allowed the firms to access … Read More
This past Friday at the Leon Valley Conference Center in San Antonio, Star Compliance Services and TDMR held our third healthcare compliance seminar, following our recent successful seminar in Houston and the earlier one held in February at Weslaco. Gregory … Read More
The press has uncovered a lot of conduct unbecoming at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and its Office of Inspector General in the last eight months. First there was the Sunset Advisory Commission with its damning report on … Read More
This morning, TDMR was notified that Governor Greg Abbott has now signed into law SB 207, the legislation which makes major changes and improvements to the way the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Office of Inspector General will work. … Read More
Texas Dentists for Medicaid Reform assisted Star Compliance Services this past Friday to hold a one-day healthcare compliance seminar in Houston at the Norris Conference Center – City Centre. It is the first in a series of seminars that were … Read More
The term “Meaningful Use” is the federal government’s way of describing the use of certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology, in a meaningful manner to achieve specific standards, namely: Improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities Engage patients and … Read More
The Texas Tribune just reported the following this morning: Kyle Janek, the head of the state’s embattled Health and Human Services Commission, will step down and be replaced by his former deputy, sources with direct knowledge of the move said Friday. … Read More
Back last August, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released an audit report that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission was responsible for the conduct of its Medicaid claims administrator for the hundreds of … Read More
On May 29th, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued its request for proposal for the contract management of Texas Medicaid. So if you are so inclined, you can take the place of Xerox as the state’s Medicaid claims … Read More
Today, SB 207 with minor changes was approved by both Texas House and Senate conference committees. SB 207 is the bill that contains the Sunset reforms to the Health and Human Services Commission Office of Inspector General. The next step is for … Read More
Sunday night on this Memorial Day weekend, the Texas House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 207, the legislation that will reform the Health and Human Services Commission Office of Inspector General. The recorded vote was 142-0. The bill now goes back … Read More
The front-page of the Austin American Statesman Sunday morning carried the full story of the unprecedented ruling by the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) to award a Medicaid dentist back some $380,000 in legal fees from the Health and Human … Read More
TDMR has started a regular video news segment that will be carrying Texas Medicaid news plus relevant stories from around the country. Over the next few weeks, we will be starting to include interviews with key players in Texas. Our … Read More
Today, the Health and Human Services Commission announced that it has put up a new page on its website for Medicaid providers to comment and stay abreast of policy changes relating to Medicaid covered medical and dental treatments. The new … Read More
UPDATE: After publishing this article, TDMR was alerted that it is a DENTIST, not a medical doctor that is involved in this case. It involves the Rhoden Group from Corpus Christi with Dr. Cheryl Rhoden, DDS as the principal. This … Read More
Dr. Paul Dunn, a small town general dentist who practices orthodontics out of Levelland, has had a case outstanding with the Health and Human Services Commission Office of Inspector General since 2011. He has been under severe financial strain since … Read More
Senate Bill 207 which details legislative reforms to be made to the structure and function of the Health and Human Services Commission Office of Inspector General as recommended by the Sunset Advisory Commission has cleared the Texas Senate and is set … Read More
HHSC sent out an email notice today that all Medicaid providers must re-enroll for Medicaid if they were approved prior to January 1, 2013. This is due to a new federal mandate that all providers must be periodically revalidated. All providers … Read More
This past week, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission in its monthly In Touch newsletter announced that Deputy Executive Commissioner Chris Traylor is retiring as of May 31st. Traylor has been in the Texas public service for 25 years … Read More
