Texas Settles with Xerox for $235 Million Out of “Desire to Buy Peace and Avoid Further Litigation”
This morning Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the State of Texas had settled its $2 billion Medicaid fraud lawsuit against Xerox/Conduent, its former Medicaid administrator from 2004 to 2012, for $235 million. The settlement over Xerox/Conduent’s inadequate orthodontic prior authorization … Read More
State Medicaid Managed Care Advisory Committee Meeting to be Held February 25
February 25, 2019 – 1:00pmHealth and Human Services Commission, Brown-Heatly Building, Public Hearing Room4900 North Lamar Blvd.Austin, TX 78751 This meeting will be webcast. To access the webcast, go to https://hhs.texas.gov/about-hhs/communications-events/live-archived-meetings the day and time of the meeting. Call to order Roll … Read More
Members Sought for State Medicaid Managed Care Advisory Committee
Last Friday, HHSC sent out the following notice: If you’re interested in Medicaid managed care issues, you might be interested in being a member of the State Medicaid Managed Care Advisory Committee. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission executive … Read More
“I Guess No One Really Cares” – HHSC OIG Director of Medicaid Integrity
In the same Xerox/Conduent court filing from July 2018 mentioned in our previous article, there is another exhibit worth mentioning. It is the complete email chain involving HHSC OIG officials discussing OIG investigator Ray Acuña’s meeting notes on the Xerox/Conduent … Read More
Public Meeting in Austin on Managed Care December 12
The State Medicaid Managed Care Advisory Committee of HHSC is holding a public meeting in Austin on December 12. Here is the information: December 12, 2018 – 1:00pm Health and Human Services Commission, Brown-Heatly Building, Public Hearing Room 4900 North … Read More
Questions Linger about Capitation and DMO RFP
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