Brident Dental & Orthodontics appears to be reducing its presence in Texas. TDMR has received several independent reports indicating that Brident locations in Texas are being offered to prospective buyers. One source familiar with the process described seeing a substantial … Read More

OIG recently published the following article on its website.  Providers should know that AI is on the job at OIG now.   New tech tools increase OIG productivity Teams within the OIG Data Operations Division recently launched new efficiency-focused tools … Read More

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a new rule to limit certain Medicaid payment arrangements used by states. According to CMS, the proposal is intended to “rein in misused Medicaid dollars” and place new limits on state-directed … Read More

We are republishing this article from the OIG website that was written for and published by Texas Dental Association (TDA).  As the Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) works to prevent fraud, waste and abuse in … Read More

The ADA’s latest State of the U.S. Dental Economy (Q1 2026) has been released and paints an interesting picture. According to the report, on the surface, things look stable. Dentist confidence is holding, and consumer spending on dental care continues … Read More

For those of you still following this 15 year orthodontic debacle, in a long-awaited decision, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court’s ruling and held that Alexandra Alvarez, Joshua LaFountain, and Christine Ellis, DDS, are not entitled … Read More

Last Friday, TDMR published our article highlighting growing concerns about dental marketing in Texas Medicaid, as raised by a recent interagency report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG)/Office of the Attorney General (OAG). Well, the proverbial shit hit the … Read More

The latest Joint Annual Interagency Coordination Report from the Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and the Texas Office of the Attorney General, which was published this month, offers a useful reminder for Medicaid dentists about where … Read More

The Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) is under review by the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission this year, as a part of an overall evaluation of HHSC.  OIG itself is inviting public input on its mission … Read More

Over the past nine years, Jeff Leston of Castlestone Advisors has written several articles for TDMR examining why Medicaid fraud continues despite decades of enforcement efforts. In his previous pieces, Why States Aren’t Really Interested in Reducing Medicaid Fraud, A … Read More

Almost 15 years ago, on May 13, 2011, WFAA’s Byron Harris uttered the famous phrase, “Nobody has ever died from crooked teeth,” which ushered in the Great Texas Medicaid Fraud Debacle. To think that today, in 2026, TDMR would still … Read More

DentaQuest has named a new dental director for its operations in Texas. Dr. Ronke Ogunbameru, a board-certified pediatric dentist based in Mansfield, will take the reins of the troubled Texas DMO.  The Sunlife-DentaQuest press release sent out Thursday says that “she … Read More

The following is a press release from the Office of the Governor. ————————————- Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter directing the Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) … Read More

A new federal class action lawsuit alleges that Delta Dental Plans Association and more than 40 affiliated Delta Dental entities systematically mislead insured patients regarding the extent of coverage for out-of-network dental care. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. … Read More

TDMR has received and confirmed a new complaint about DentaQuest regarding the DMO’s handling of primary tooth extractions. The issue has now been independently verified by three additional dental offices, indicating it is not an isolated incident but a recurring … Read More