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DentaQuest Dinged $1.5 Million by OIG

August 5, 2020 By TDMR Leave a Comment

Texas HHS-OIG published on their website June 24 an audit they completed on DentaQuest back on January 9.  The audit found that DentaQuest had $1.53 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medicaid Reform News, Slider Tagged With: dentaquest, HHS-OIG, MCNA, Medicaid managed care

Texas HHS-OIG Audit Finds MCNA billed Medicaid $766,000 in unsupported consulting expenses and more

November 18, 2019 By TDMR Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Medicaid Reform News, Slider Tagged With: dental managed care, MCNA, office of inspector general

Controversy over DMO Not Paying for Work on Same Tooth

July 12, 2019 By TDMR 5 Comments

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Filed Under: Medicaid Reform News, Slider Tagged With: MCNA, Medicaid managed care

Dentist Quits Texas Medicaid in Disgust Over MCNA and DentaQuest

June 14, 2019 By TDMR 14 Comments

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Filed Under: Medicaid Reform News, Slider Tagged With: MCNA, Medicaid managed care, texas health and human services commission

2019 Survey Results: Medicaid Dentists “on the Verge of Quitting” Doubled Over Last Year

May 31, 2019 By TDMR Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: DMO Surveys, Medicaid Reform News, Slider Tagged With: dental managed care, dentaquest, MCNA, texas medicaid reform

Dr. Linda Altenhoff: Making Out Like a Bandit at MCNA

November 29, 2018 By TDMR 10 Comments

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Filed Under: Medicaid Reform News, Slider Tagged With: MCNA, medicaid fraud, texas health and human services commission, xerox

Questions Linger about Capitation and DMO RFP

November 27, 2018 By TDMR Leave a Comment

We've heard from various dentists that they have questions about controversial issues that have come up over the last several months.  So we assume … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medicaid Reform News, Slider Tagged With: dentaquest, MCNA, Medicaid managed care, state medicaid

TDMR DMO Survey 2018 Results: MCNA Improves, DentaQuest Has More Problems, Dentists Frustrated

July 26, 2018 By TDMR 7 Comments

We have closed our revised 2018 Dental Management Organization annual survey and are today giving you the results.  Our survey sample is not that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DMO Surveys, Medicaid Reform News, Slider Tagged With: dentaquest, MCNA, Medicaid managed care, texas health and human services commission, texas medicaid reform

DMO Request for Proposals Coming?

March 22, 2018 By TDMR Leave a Comment

TDMR has been asked several times recently if we have any knowledge of an upcoming RFP (request for proposals) for dental management organizations.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medicaid Reform News, Slider Tagged With: dentaquest, MCNA, Medicaid managed care, texas health and human services commission

MCNA Dental awarded Arkansas Medicaid contract

July 18, 2017 By TDMR Leave a Comment

July 17, 2017 -- MCNA Dental has signed a contract with the Arkansas Department of Human Services to serve as a dental benefits manager for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: MCNA, state medicaid

Dentaquest sues in Arkansas to toss Medicaid pick

April 13, 2017 By TDMR Leave a Comment

A Boston company has asked a judge to overturn an Arkansas official's decision that resulted in the firm losing a bid for a multimillion-dollar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: dentaquest, MCNA, state medicaid

Followup Survey on DMOs Shows Slight Improvement, Not Much Different

March 19, 2017 By TDMR Leave a Comment

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Below are the results of our TDMR Medicaid Dental Maintenance Organization Followup Survey.  84 dentists responded to the survey which is not quite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DMO Surveys, Medicaid Reform News, Slider Tagged With: dental managed care, dentaquest, MCNA, Medicaid managed care

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