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
Two articles from the Houston Chronicle this last week should send shivers down the spine of every Texan about what kind of government his or her tax dollars are buying. The whole contracting fiasco in the Texas Health and Human Services … Read More
Yesterday, the Texas Senate passed and sent down to the House of Representatives Senate Bill 207, the bill setting out much needed reforms to the Health and Human Services Commission Office of Inspector General that came out of the Sunset … Read More
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a report today detailing the cumulative efforts of state Medicaid Fraud Control Units in dealing with Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse in 2014. Pharmaceutical settlements are largest … Read More
Yesterday both the Austin American Statesman and Texas Tribune published new scathing exposes on contract handling at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Close personal relations with lobbyist of successful contractor This time however the stories did not involve … Read More
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has put together a 56-page Fact Book on its operation. It has all sorts of statistics and information on the HHSC budget, the population it serves and the programs it provides. It can … Read More
John Keel, the Texas State Auditor, just issued his report on the Health and Human Services Commission, its Office of Inspector General and their controversial and scandal-laden, no-bid acquisition of Medicaid fraud detection software from Austin firm 21CT. Workplace not … Read More
Gov. Abbott’s Health and Human Services Commission Strike Force, besides reviewing the Medicaid fraud software contract with 21CT and Jack Stick, looked at the Health and Human Services Commission dealings with Xerox and its contract dealing with the company’s handling of Medicaid … Read More
Gov. Abbott’s strike force has published its report into contracting problems at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission that exploded into public view from the mess with former HHSC chief counsel and deputy inspector general OIG Jack Stick and Austin … Read More
