HHSC: Medical Care Advisory Committee

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 appear below. Gilbert A. Handal, M.D.,Chair El Paso Pediatrician Colleen Horton, Vice Chair Austin Advocate-Mental Health Mary Helen Tieken, RN, BSN Floresville Registered Nurse Salil Deshpande, M.D. Houston Managed Care Organization Representative Cynthia Jumper, M.D. Lubbock Internal Medicine Donna S. Smith Austin Physical Therapist George N. Smith, D.O. West Osteopath Doug Svien Stephenville Provider Edgar A. Walsh, Jr., RPh. Harlingen Pharmacy Non-voting Members Rajendra Parikh, M.D. Austin Texas Health and Human Services Commission Laura Blanke Austin Texas Department of State Health Services Initiate formal meeting. Gilbert Handal, M.D., Medical Care Advisory Co