California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - May 2, 2002

The State Hearings Division has agreed to permit the DHS Office of Medical Dental Services (OMDS) to use the initials of Delta Dental dental consultants on position statements and related documents instead of the full names of the consultant. DHS has requested to use initial of dental consultants instead of full names because several consultants have received threatening mail from claimants when their Treatment Authorization Requests have been denied.