It has been reported in two Florida business publications this week that children of the late MCNA founder Dr. Jeffrey Feingold have sold the company’s headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale to a Florida capital firm. According to The Real Deal, a … Read More
Dr. Jeffery Feingold passed away on October 7 after a battle with cancer at the age of 75. His passing has received little press attention. Surprisingly, no major media have reported on it considering Dr. Feingold’s important contribution to healthcare … Read More
We received an email from a dentist a few weeks ago who was having trouble with a particular DMO. In the process of trying to assist them, we reached out to Texas HHS in an attempt to find a state-level … Read More
Our 2021 survey of Texas dental maintenance organizations is complete and the results have been compiled. Survey says: long-term providers MCNA and DentaQuest have improved their performance in the minds of Medicaid dentists from previous years while newcomer United Healthcare … Read More
SURVEY IS CLOSED As we come out of the pandemic and into a hopefully normal July 4 weekend, TDMR is issuing our annual survey to find out how dental maintenance organizations have been performing for Medicaid dentists over the last … Read More
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 million in “unallowable, unsupported, and overstated expenses on its Administrative Expenses FSR [Financial Statistical Report]” … Read More
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 there are more out there that have the same questions or heard the same rumors. Primarily … Read More
We have closed our revised 2018 Dental Management Organization annual survey and are today giving you the results. Our survey sample is not that large, unfortunately. At the end of the day, only 39 providers entered the survey as we … Read More
TDMR has been asked several times recently if we have any knowledge of an upcoming RFP (request for proposals) for dental management organizations. There have been rumors flying around for well over a year now that Texas Health and Human Services … Read More
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 state’s Medicaid program and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The contract takes effect in January 2018. MCNA … Read More
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 contract to manage dental benefits for Medicaid recipients. In a lawsuit filed Monday in Pulaski County … Read More
Below are the results of our TDMR Medicaid Dental Maintenance Organization Followup Survey. 84 dentists responded to the survey which is not quite comparable to the 105 who took the first survey back in December 2016. Cautions on the results … Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved the confirmation of Rick Perry as the next secretary of the Department of Energy on Thursday. The vote was 62-37, and included the support of both Texans in the chamber, U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. … Read More
UPDATE, March 2: Survey is now closed. Last fall through to this January, TDMR received a deluge of unsolicited complaints regarding problems with Medicaid dental managed care organizations. Lots of complaints and education actions taken We have published no less … Read More
In February of last year, Texas Health and Human Services Dental Director Marguerite Laccabue held a dental stakeholders meeting in Austin. It doesn’t appear from the HHSC online video of the proceedings that it was well-attended or promoted as the … Read More
TDMR received the following email from a Texas dentist. He has given permission for us to publish it and we are doing so anonymously to hopefully prevent any further retribution against himself and his practice. I am writing this email … Read More
*UPDATE – According to the Statesman, Rick Perry resigned from MCNA and other firms December 31. Former Gov. Rick Perry, who saw a financial windfall in the private sector thanks in part to wealthy donors he cultivated while in state … Read More
Back in December, TDMR asked dentists to take an online survey to ascertain their views on Texas Medicaid dental managed care. We now have these results which are provided below and can be downloaded. Limitation of survey results Before we … Read More
In testimony before the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services in September, Inspector General Stuart Bowen shocked committee chairman Sen. Charles Schwertner with the revelation that the 22 MCOs (managed care organizations) operating in Texas had only found and … Read More
Former Gov. Rick Perry is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of energy, CBS and MSNBC reported Monday night.The apparent choice followed Perry’s meeting with the president elect in New York Monday, his second post-election meeting with Trump at Trump … Read More
Rick Perry, who proposed eliminating the U.S. Energy Department during his unsuccessful bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has emerged as a leading candidate to head the agency under President-elect Donald Trump, a transition official said on Sunday.Democratic U.S. … Read More
Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, TDMR received a flurry of emails and phone calls regarding our story about a dentist who was having payments recouped by MCNA for treatments the company had previously approved. He was being forced to travel … Read More
Rick Perry, the former Texas governor under consideration for a spot in President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet, faces questions over a potential conflict of interest due to his service on the board of a company building an oil pipeline delayed by protests. … Read More
Former Gov. Rick Perry, fresh off a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, returned Tuesday to “Dancing with the Stars” for its season finale. Perry, who was eliminated from the ABC show in September, came back to join rapper Vanilla Ice … Read More
Our story on MCNA secretly recouping payments from a dentist who had an MCNA pre-approved treatment plan for a young Medicaid-eligible cancer patient touched a raw nerve with a number of dentists from around the state. The story received a … Read More
In response to TDMR’s latest story on payment holds placed on Medicaid dentists by MCNA, TDMR received an emotional missive from a Medicaid dentist about his negative experience with MCNA. He gave permission to publish his comments. The legislative session … Read More
No sooner had Donald Trump shocked the political world by winning the presidency than Texas Republicans turned to a new discussion: How much influence will the Lone Star State have in the next White House? Throughout his campaign, Trump cultivated … Read More
Dr. Linda Altenhoff is no longer with the Inspector General’s office as Chief Dental Officer. In August, she moved over to MCNA and is now Associate Dental Director for MCNA Texas and works out of San Antonio. Named IG Chief Dental … Read More
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has joined the board of a stem cell company where he underwent experimental back surgery before running for president in 2011 — a procedure that didn’t calm the chronic pain that he later blamed for … Read More
We received an email from a dentist with some very useful advice regarding denied treatment by dental MCOs (managed care organization). He specifically mentions MCNA. I just wanted to pass on the name of a resource that I recently found … Read More
Rick Perry did not survive to dance another day. The former Texas governor was eliminated from the ABC program “Dancing with the Stars” on Tuesday night. Perry and his dancing partner, Emma Slater, faced elimination at the hand of on-air judges … Read More
He’s hardly the judges’ favorite, but former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was supported by enough of the viewing audience Tuesday night to survive to perform for another week on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. The longest-serving governor in Texas history and … Read More
May 17, 2016 – A company that manages dental benefits for the state children’s health insurance program is fighting the release of records it says contain “trade secrets.” Managed Care of North America (MCNA) sued the Florida Healthy Kids Corp. after it … Read More
Former Gov. Rick Perry may be taking a break from campaigning to bust a move on the dance floor, following reports from an entertainment website that the politician may be joining the next season of “Dancing With the Stars.” As … Read More
An Idaho 4th District judge has ordered a Florida dental services contractor to disclose nearly 100 pages of material from its successful bid for an Idaho Medicaid contract that the company had claimed was exempt from public disclosure as trade … Read More
