Texas Insight’s Recent Reports
HHSC: Behavioral Health Advisory Committee. The Committee gathered to hear Health and Human Services Commission updates; hear a Medicaid update on opportunities to design innovative services delivery systems for adults with Serious Mental Illness or children with Serious Emotional Disturbance; discuss the Behavioral Health Advisory Committee infrastructure; discuss the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Strategic Plan; and more. Find the full report here.
Looking Ahead
December 3, 2019: Senate Committee on Health and Human Services
December 3, 2019: Texas Autism Council
December 3, 2019: Texas Council on Consumer Direction
December 6, 2019: Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee
State and Federal Healthcare News
Texas
- Dan Patrick Statement On Surprise Billing Rules
- HHS: Awarded National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Grant
- Health plans press for specifics on STAR+PLUS contract award
US
- F.D.A. Nominee Clears Senate Panel
- US sees further drop in number of abortions: CDC
- A Change in Medicare Has Therapists Alarmed
- When Teens Abuse Parents, Shame and Secrecy Make It Hard to Seek Help
- FDA faces fire from researchers saying it has not prioritized e-cigarette testing: report
- M.R.I.s Can Better Detect Cancer in Women With Dense Breasts, Study Finds
- Federal prosecutors launch criminal probe of opioid makers, distributors: report
- Black Mothers Get Less Treatment For Their Postpartum Depression
- Fertility Rate in U.S. Hit a Record Low in 2018
- Judge halts Trump immigrant insurance mandate
- Don’t Toss That E-Cig: Vaping Waste Is A Whole New Headache For Schools and Cities
- Internal government watchdog says it can’t confirm family separation numbers: report
- C.D.C. Reports More E. Coli Illnesses Linked to Romaine Lettuce