Medical Care Advisory Committee

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.
Voting Members
• Doug Svien, MCAC Chair
Provider
Stephenville
• Mary Helen Tieken, RN, BSN, MCAC Vice Chair
Registered Nurse
Floresville
• Salil Deshpande, M.D.
Managed Care Organization Representative
Houston
• Lou Driver
Nursing Home Administrator
Houston
• Lisa Wright
Community Health Choice
President/CEO
• Robert Hilliard, Jr., M.D.
Physician, Ob/Gyn
Houston
• Sandy Crisp
LPC Private Practice
Licensed Professional Mental Health Therapist
• Donna S. Smith
Physical Therapist
Austin
• Christina Paz
Centro San Vicente
Doctor of Nurse Practice/NP-CEO• Diana Strupp, HPAC Member
Ho