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

Mary Helen Tieken, RN, BSN, 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 Chair 
Hospital Representative 
Dallas

Doug Svien 
Provider 
Stephenville

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

Meetings

• February 9, 2023
• June 8, 2023
• August 9, 2023
• November 8, 2023

For More Information

Email Basundhara Raychaudhuri.