Texas Insight’s Recent Reports
HB 1 Conference Committee:
- Department of State Health Services Issue Docket
- Department of Family and Protective Services Issue Docket
- Health and Human Services Issue Docket
- HHSC Medicaid Issues, HHSC Riders, Article II Special Provisions
- HB 1 Conference Committee: Organizational Meeting
HB 1 Rider Comparison: Riders Not in Agreement for the DSHS.
STAR Kids. The STAR Kids Managed Care Advisory Committee gathered to hear the introduction of new Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) leadership, a presentation from the Texas Association of Health Plans and Texas Medical Association panel – Improvements to prior authorizations, coordination of benefits, and care coordination, Committee requested data, the 2018-19 General Appropriations Act, S.B. 1, 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (Article II, HHSC, Rider 57) Quarterly Therapy Access Monitoring Report, and Subcommittee updates. Follow this link for the full report.
Diabetes. The Texas Diabetes Council gathered to hear presentations on Best Practices in Clinical Standardization: The Together to Goal Program; Cost of Doing Nothing: Obesity and Its Impact; and New Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Rule for People with Diabetes. They also heard an update on the Diabetes Advisory Alliance Meeting; an update on the State Board of Education; an update on the Texas Medicaid Managed Care Organizations Survey; State Agency Representative Updates; and Workgroup updates. Click here to read TXI’s coverage of the meeting.
Looking Ahead
April 29, 2019: Newborn Screening Advisory Committee
April 30, 2019: House Committee on Human Services (Select/Requested Legislation)
April 30, 2019: House Committee on Insurance (Select/Requested Legislation)
April 30, 2019: Senate Committee on Health & Human Services (Select/Requested Legislation)
May 1, 2019: Aging Texas Well Advisory Committee
May 1, 2019: House Committee on Public Health (Select/Requested Legislation)
May 3, 2019: Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Quarterly Meeting
State and Federal Healthcare News
Texas
- Watch: A conversation on children’s health and vaccines
- Texas House members debate the civil liberties issue of a state DNA database
- San Antonio ‘at the heart’ of burgeoning kidney disease crisis
- Pain & Profit: Bills to fix Texas’ broken Medicaid system gain momentum despite pushback from insurers
- Some lawmakers want Texas to release vaccine opt-out rates for schools
U.S.
- U.S. measles outbreak hits ‘completely avoidable’ 25-year-high: officials
- More Than 700 at 2 California Universities Under Quarantine Amid Measles Outbreak
- South Carolina state House approves ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban
- The obscure advisory committees at the heart of the U.S. drug pricing debate
- Religious Objections to the Measles Vaccine? Get the Shots, Faith Leaders Say
- Big tech partners with DEA on opioid drop-off efforts
- Kansas Constitution Protects Abortion Rights, State Supreme Court Rules
- Top GOP senator working on bipartisan drug price bill for mid-June
- U.S. measles outbreak raises questions about immunity in adults
- Trump Declares Commitment to Ending Opioid Crisis ‘Once and for All’
- Biden to face pressure on Medicare for All
- U.S. judge blocks new Trump abortion rule for health clinics
- Walgreens Is Latest to Raise Vaping (and Smoking) Age to 21