HHSC: Medical Care Advisory Committee

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Meeting Summary. 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. Introduction Initiate Formal Meeting: Gilbert Handal, M.D., Medical Care Advisory Committee Chair. The minutes from the meeting on May 17, 2018, were approved as written. Members: 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 Hea

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