Texas Insight’s Recent Reports
HHSC: Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee. The Committee gathered to hear an Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program update; discuss Medicaid Autism Services Policy; hear a Preschool Development Grant update; review the Annual Performance Report; hear member reports; and take public comment. Find the full report here.
Looking Ahead
January 27, 2020: Texas Brain Injury Advisory Council
January 28, 2020: Proposed Medicaid Payment Rates for the 2020 Annual Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Updates
January 28, 2020: STAR Kids Managed Care Advisory Committee
January 29, 2020: Joint Committee on Access and Forensic Services
January 31, 2020: Newborn Screening Advisory Committee
State and Federal Healthcare News
Texas
- Texas officials say all four suspected coronavirus cases tested negative
- Tenth Talks: Texas’ health commissioner talks about preparing for the next decade
- University Health System invests in new mobile app
- AG Paxton Joins Brief To Protect The Right To Life For Babies With Down Syndrome
- HHS: Texas Secures Approximately $350 Million In Federal Funding For Women’s Health Services
US
- Guantánamo Testimony Exposes Role of Doctors in C.I.A. Interrogations
- California officials say seized illegal vapes tainted with undisclosed additives
- Response To 1st Coronavirus Case In Washington State Draws On Lessons From Measles
- Cities Prepare for the Worst as Trump’s Food Stamp Cuts Near
- Trump becomes first president to address March for Life
- Coronavirus FAQs: Do Masks Help? Is The Disease Really So Mysterious?
- As Coronavirus and Fear Spread to the U.S., Chinese-Americans Rush to Help
- Senators ask FDA to crack down on non-dairy milks, cheeses
- Insys Founder Gets 5½ Years in Prison in Opioid Kickback Scheme
- Blue Cross insurers to help launch nonprofit drug company to lower prices
- Drug To Prevent Premature Birth Divides Doctors, Insurers And FDA Experts
- Trump Moves to Block Visas for Pregnant Women on ‘Birth Tourism’
- Trump restores funding for Texas program that excludes Planned Parenthood
- Surgeon General Says ‘Shocking’ Portion of People Aren’t Told to Stop Smoking
- Coalition of conservative groups to air ads against bipartisan proposal to end ‘surprise’ medical bills
- Major Insurers Pledge $55 Million to Try to Lower Generic Drug Prices
- S. drinking water widely contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’: environment watchdog
- Trump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs