Texas Insight’s Recent Reports
HHSC: Proposed Proxy Rate Increases for STAR Kids and STAR+PLUS. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) conducted a public hearing to receive comment on proposed proxy rate increases for certain managed care attendant services. Follow this link for the full report.
HHSC: The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee. The Committee gathered to hear Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee Operational updates, hear HHSC Legislative updates, discuss new business, and take public comment. Find the full report here.
Looking Ahead
October 2, 2019: Proposed Medicaid Payment Rates for Medicaid Community Hospice
October 4, 2019: Public Health Funding and Policy Committee (PHFPC)
State and Federal Healthcare News
Texas
- TRS aims to create a higher-value health care network for teachers
- More Texas kids are uninsured for the third year in a row, new census data shows
- Fearing deportation, immigrants are dropping Medicaid over misinformation about Trump’s new policy
- 6 cases of lung injuries linked to vaping in Travis County, officials say
- First full-service hospital opens in Buda to serve growing community
US
- Judge blocks Trump administration from detaining migrant children indefinitely
- Dank Vapes, TKO and Other THC Vaping Brands Are Linked to Illnesses, C.D.C. Says
- U.S. Justice Department Charges 35 People In Fraudulent Genetic Testing Scheme
- Feds charge more than 30 people in $2B Medicare fraud scheme
- In California, a ‘Surprise’ Billing Law Is Protecting Patients and Angering Doctors
- Journalists File Lawsuit To Force Feds To Release Medicare Advantage Audits
- Azar, other health officials press people to get flu shots early
- Juul Replaces Its C.E.O. With a Tobacco Executive
- U.S. CDC recommends against using vapes with marijuana ingredient
- House passes bill to revamp medical screenings for migrants at border
- Massachusetts Orders 4-Month Ban on Sale of All Vaping Products