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
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump strongly praised Rick Perry when asked at an Austin fundraiser on Tuesday about the possibility of the former governor challenging U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in a Republican primary. “I’ve been hearing a lot about that … Read More
TDMR has learned that a number of dental providers have reported being placed on payment hold by MCNA for “willful misrepresentation or abuse of claims.” Payment holds placed for mistakes and missing paperwork In these reports, dentists claim that MCNA’s … Read More
Texas delegation sponsors also got convention guest passes and access to the “morning briefing receptions with members of Texas’ congressional delegation, statewide elected officials and legislators.” The sponsors are Toyota, Charter Communications, MCNA Dental, GM, AT&T, Expedia, Phillips 66, IBC … Read More
Donald Trump told Bloomberg Politics Wednesday that he won’t be choosing former Gov. Rick Perry as his running mate, but would like to find some role for him in his administration. “I like him,” Trump said of Perry in the … Read More
This coming Thursday, May 19 from 8:30 am to noon, a town hall meeting on Medicaid managed care is being held at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance, 118 Paseo Del Prado, Edinburg,TX. The meeting has been set up to allow Medicaid providers … Read More
Gov. Rick Scott of Florida has signed into law changes that bring back DMOs such as MCNA and Dentaquest into Florida’s dental Medicaid program if all goes well. Florida governor signs new bill relating to dental Medicaid Florida HB 819, … Read More
TALLAHASSEE — If there’s one subject that rivals the prominence of job creation in Gov. Rick Scott’s rhetoric, it’s Rick Perry.Scott has made a habit of mentioning the former Texas governor, a fellow Republican, in nearly all of his speeches … Read More
TALLAHASSEE — A controversial measure that removes dental care from the required list of benefits Medicaid HMOs must offer patients beginning 2019 and requires the state to enter a five- year, non-renewable contract with a separate vendor will be heard … Read More
UPDATE: MCNA has responded to our recent request for a contact for provider complaints and provided information about their complaint process. See information below. Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) received significant mention in the report issued by the Health and Human … Read More
After three decades in public life, including 14 years as governor, Rick Perry, private citizen, has registered as a lobbyist in Florida representing a dental benefits management firm whose top brass were the biggest contributors to his second failed presidential … Read More
No, that wasn’t $200 million. It wasn’t $50 million. It wasn’t even $500,000 or $250,000. The amount of dental fraud found and recovered by Texas dental management organizations in 2015 was only $243,982.84 per the “HHSC OIG Annual Report on … Read More
The Texas Tribune this morning reported that former Texas governor Rick Perry is now the chief strategy officer over at MCNA, one of the two managed care organizations Texas now employs to handle Medicaid dental. It is Perry’s first employment position after … Read More
A year out of office, former Gov. Rick Perryhas a new job: chief strategy officer at MCNA Dental, the largest privatively held dental insurance company in the country, according to a spokesman for Perry. The Florida-based insurer does business in … Read More
