Tag: Texas
Rehab Medical expands in Texas
April 11, 2024HME News Staff
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Rehab Medical has opened a location in Dallas, its third in Texas. “This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for Rehab Medical's growth in the West Region,” said Kenneth Flaming, regional vice president of sales. “We have seen tremendous success in Texas since we entered the market a few years ago and have the same expectations in Dallas.” Rehab Medical has hired seven additional staff members to support the location in Dallas. Leading the...
Texas: Medicaid system glitches cause headaches
August 26, 2022Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas providers have been finding themselves at risk of getting disenrolled from the state Medicaid program dues to glitches in a new technology system, says Adrienne Trigg, chair of the legislative committee for TexMEP.
The glitches in the system, compounded by a guide manual that wasn’t updated, made it difficult, if not impossible, for providers to update their information.
“It’s just a bond,” she said. “You’re not having...
PHS gains ground in Texas
October 23, 2020Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
ROSEVILLE, Minn. - Pediatric Home Service has partnered with San Antonio-based Alliance Medical Supply to expand its presence in Texas, a state where pediatric care is a top priority, says CEO Cameo Zehnder.
“What we are really looking at is the presence of medical technology, what is the presence of home-based services for this unique population,” she said. “In Texas, they have great medical care, wonderful children's hospitals. We look to that as an important component...
DME owner sentenced in Medicaid fraud case
May 1, 2019HME News Staff
MCALLEN, Texas - Anna Ramirez-Ambriz, owner of Compassionate Medical Supply in Edinburg, Texas, has been sentenced to 78 months in jail and ordered to pay more than $3 million in restitution for fraudulently billing Texas Medicaid for incontinence supplies. From 2007 through 2013, Ramirez-Ambriz billed the Medicaid program for higher quantities and more costly incontinence supplies than were actually delivered to more than 100 beneficiaries. As a result, Texas Medicaid suffered a loss of $3.1 million.
NSM adds 10th branch in Texas
January 22, 2019HME News Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - National Seating & Mobility has acquired First Care Medical Equipment in Fort Worth, Texas, further strengthening its growing presence in the state.
Formerly owned and operated by industry veteran Robby Halcomb, First Care Medical Equipment has served the Forth Worth area since 1998. Halcomb, along with his entire team of complex rehab professionals and ATP Ray Deshazer, will transition to the NSM team and continue to serve clients from the branch at 5470 E Loop 820 South.
With...
Texas providers beat back rate cuts
March 7, 2018HME News Staff
AUSTIN, Texas - Providers in Texas have staved off reimbursement cuts proposed by Superior HealthPlan, a managed care company that oversees part of the state's Medicaid program.
Providers were notified in February that Superior was reducing rates for certain product categories from 85% of Texas Medicaid rates to 60%, with a few providers receiving a reduction of 65% to 70%, effective May 1. Providers were given 30 days to accept or reject the plan.
In response, VGM Group organized...
Texas lawmakers eye contract
February 7, 2018HME News Staff
AUSTIN, Texas - Superior HealthPlan's contract with the state of Texas could face scrutiny by a state ethics committee, according to local news reports.
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus has asked House members to investigate the Texas Health and Human Services Commission after an audit revealed it had mishandled its contract with the managed care plan.
Specifically, it found the state allowed Superior to report $29.6 million in bonus and incentive payments paid to medical providers' employees,...
NSM reaches statewide service in Texas
October 10, 2017HME News Staff
NASHVILLE - National Seating & Mobility has expanded its presence in West Texas with its acquisition of Mobility Unlimited. NSM will assume operations of Mobility Unlimited's locations in Midland and Abilene, rounding out its statewide service in Texas. “This acquisition positions NSM to serve clients across Texas,” said Bill Mixon, CEO. Three ATPs (Bill Cavender, Steven Neie and Korey Davis), one RTS and a general manager (James Leddy) will transition to the NSM team to serve clients...
Update in Texas: Nerves rattled as contract's start date approached
September 29, 2017Liz Beaulieu, Editor
AUSTIN, Texas - The state Medicaid program may have forced Superior HealthPlan to modify its contract with Medline for DME and supplies, but providers say, in reality, they fear not much has changed.
During a hearing in August that prompted the modifications, provider Barry Johnson says the state and Superior HealthPlan agreed that Medicaid recipients would be able to opt out of the contract with a simple phone call to the managed care organization.
“They're being told they have to...
Managed care big topic at rehab conference
May 23, 2017Jeff Rowe
PLANO, Texas - If you're an independent rehab provider in a state as big as Texas, you need to get together with your colleagues from across the state, on occasion, to keep from getting overwhelmed.
That's how Sandy Cormier, executive director of the Texas Rehab Providers' Council, described the impetus behind the organization's recent 15th annual conference in Plano, March 30 through April 1, which drew 246 attendees.
Cormier says the highlight of the conference was the opportunity...