This afternoon the staff of the Texas Sunset Commission issued its long anticipated report on their proposed recommendations for changes to the Health and Human Services Commission which is under sunset review this year. News Coverage: Texas Tribune, Austin American … Read More
After two years, the Chief Counsel of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and former director for enforcement of the Office of Inspector General Jack Stick had a day in court on his DWI on Thursday. Judge to rule on … Read More
The Houston Chronicle (story behind a paywall) reported this morning that Leah Rayne, HHSC’s business technology architect, was fired because she “admitted to officials that she leaked details about an internal strategy meeting to Truven Health Analytics…[the] company that was in final negotiations for … Read More
On September 24th, the House Public Health Committee chaired by Rep. Lois Kolkhorst heard testimony from the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners about implementation of changes to the dental board from legislation enacted last legislative session, in particular HB … Read More
The following article was published today in the Texas Tribune, authored by Christine Ayala and Jay Root. UPDATE: The same article was republished in the New York Times with the title “A Texas Official’s D.W.I. Case Is Being Seen in … Read More
On September 3rd, Douglas Wilson Inspector General for the Texas Health and Human Commission Office of Inspector General, testified on the implementation by his department of due process rights under SB 1803 before the House Human Services Committee. Wilson testified … Read More
The following is a writeup done by a dentist on the Medicaid orthodontic program. He previously wrote on his experience with the program. This is a discussion of the Medicaid Insurance Program that covered general dentistry and the specialty of … Read More
The Houston Chronicle reported yesterday and today that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission ended a tentative contract with Truven Health Analytics of Ann Arbor, Mich., because of potential insider influence for the company. The contract was for a major “enterprise data … Read More
TDMR received the following from a Texas Medicaid dentist who wishes to tell his story about his history with the HLD scoring system and the current state of Medicaid for orthodontia. He asked to remain anonymous. When I began working with … Read More
On September 3rd, Rachel Hammond of the Texas Association for Homecare and Hospice testified before the House Human Services Committee on SB 1803 and due process rights for Medicaid providers. Hammond gave examples of difficulties that their members were having … Read More
Dr. Behzad Nazari of Houston testified before the House Human Services Committee on September 3rd on SB 1803 and due process rights for Medicaid providers. Nazari’s Antoine Dental clinics was put under a 100% payment hold for their Medicaid orthodontic … Read More
Dr. Chad Evans of Smile Magic Dentistry in Dallas testified before the House Committee on Human Services last week regarding his experience with due process rights for Medicaid providers under SB 1803 and the HHSC Office of the Inspector General. … Read More
Dr. Paul Dunn testified before the House Human Services Committee last week about his experiences with the Health and Human Services Commission Office of the Inspector General and SB 1803. Dunn testified last year before the same committee and more … Read More
This past Wednesday, the Texas House Human Services Committee held public testimony on the effectiveness of SB 1803 passed last session to put into legislation due process rights for Medicaid providers under investigation by the Health and Human Services Commission … Read More
This past Wednesday, the same day as the House Committee on Human Services hearing on SB 1803, HHSC sent out a notice that it had placed online a video for Medicaid providers about Office of the Inspector General investigations. This … Read More
The following excerpt is from the Houston Chronicle about Xerox and the State coming to an agreement on the disputed files. AUSTIN – Lawyers for the Xerox Corp. agreed Thursday to temporarily turn over private health information about millions of … Read More
On August 14th, the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services heard testimony regarding Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse. The full presentation given by Chris Traylor, Chief Deputy Commissioner, Douglas Wilson, Inspector General, Kay Ghahremani, Texas Medicaid/CHIP Director, and Joseph … Read More
The Texas House of Representatives Committee on Human Services has announced that it will be holding a public hearing on Wednesday, September 3rd, which will include hearing testimony regarding the effectiveness of SB 1803 and changes that should be made to the … Read More
The state is suing Xerox for a second time, afraid the company’s recent actions in withholding a large number of documents relating to its tenure as the state’s primary Medicaid claims administrator will lead to millions of dollars of federal … Read More
In a stunning reversal of their previous hard-line stance, State regulators have settled a high profile “fraud” case for less than a penny on the dollar. Trueblood Dental Associates, an Austin dental practice with four locations and a high percentage … Read More
