TDMR has done a review of the Texas Medicaid dental maintenance organization contract available publicly on the Texas HHS website and found a requirement that all medical necessity determinations be based on “valid and reliable clinical evidence or a consensus … Read More
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
TDMR published a letter from a dentist a month ago who expressed their outrage about DMO self-made rules that restrict and inhibit treatment of young Medicaid-eligible children to their detriment. Now that the holiday season is well out of the … Read More
After our last article about possible termination from a DMO’s network for filing a complaint with HHS before all company complaint procedures have been exhausted, we picked up online copies of the Medicaid Provider manuals for DentaQuest, MCNA and UnitedHealthcare … Read More
TDMR took the opportunity to send a few questions to the new president of the Association of Dental Service Organizations (ADSO) Emmet Scott about the results of our latest DMO survey. We received back the following thoughtful responses and hope … Read More
UPDATE: The survey is now closed and we are tabulating the results which will be published next week. It has been a tumultuous year and we hadn’t really considered putting out our annual DMO satisfaction survey until now. Not many … Read More
HOUSTON (FOX 26) – In the weeks before Veterans Day, a Houston dentist met a U.S. Air Force veteran who was struggling with dental issues and decided to surprise him with the gift of $15,000 worth of dental work. Dr. … 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
UPDATE: We now have a copy of the letter from Delta Dental to Texas dentists regarding joining their “Texas Medicaid network.” (see below) TDMR received an interesting email after our recent story on dental managed care and the possibility of … Read More
