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 changes that involve Medicaid policy or affect Medicaid-funded programs.

Members

Voting Members

Doug Svien, MCAC Chair 
Provider 
Stephenville

Mary Helen Tieken, RN, BSN
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
Hospital Representative
Dallas

Joseph Modesto
Dream Therapy Center
President and CEO

Carol Daulton
Texas Health Resources
Senior Director Supplemental Payment Program

Non-voting Members

Ryan D. Van Ramshorst, M.D.
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Austin

Aelia Akhtar (DSHS)
Director, Public Health Policy & Performance
Off of Policy and Performance

Meetings

• February 8, 2024
• May 14, 2024
• August 8, 2024
• November 14, 2024

For More Information

Email Basundhara Raychaudhuri.