The Medical Care Advisory Committee is a federally mandated committee that reviews and makes recommendations to the state Medicaid director on proposed rules that involve Medicaid policy or affect Medicaid-funded programs.
Members
Voting Members
Colleen Horton, Chair
Advocate, Mental Health
Austin
Mary Helen Tieken, RN, BSN, Vice Chair
Registered Nurse
Floresville
Salil Deshpande, M.D.
Managed Care Organization Representative
Houston
Cynthia Jumper, M.D., M.P.H.
Physician, Internal Medicine
Lubbock
Donna S. Smith
Physical Therapist
Austin
Diana Strupp, HPAC Chair
Hospital Representative
Dallas
Doug Svien
Provider
Stephenville
Edgar A. Walsh, Jr., R.Ph.
Pharmacy
Harlingen
Non-voting Members
Ryan D. Van Ramshorst, M.D.
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Austin
Laura Blanke
Texas Department of State Health Services
Austin
Meetings
- February 14, 2019
- June 13, 2019
- August 15, 2019
- November 7, 2019
For More Information
Contact us at Camille.Weizenbaum@hhsc.state.tx.us.