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

Robert Hilliard, Jr., M.D. 
Physician, Ob/Gyn 
Houston

Cynthia Jumper, M.D., M.P.H. 
Physician, Internal Medicine 
Lubbock

Donna S. Smith 
Physical Therapist 
Austin

Diana Strupp, HPAC Chair 
Hospital Representative 
Dallas

Doug Svien 
Provider 
Stephenville

Susan Swartz, R.N. 
Registered Nurse 
San Angelo

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.

Meetings

February 9, 2023

November 10, 2022

August 11, 2022

February 10, 2022

November 10, 2021