Texas Insight provides timely reporting of healthcare issues and events as they occur within the legislative and regulatory branches of Texas state government.
Health Resources and Services Administration Webinars: CARES Act Medicaid/CHIP Provider Relief Funds, June 23 and 25, 2020. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) held two webinars on the CARES Act targeted Medicaid/CHIP provider relief funds. The presentation during the second webinar began with an overview of the CARES Act HHS funding distribution of $175 billion to hospitals and healthcare providers on the front lines. The first package was a General Distribution of $50 billion, broken into an initial $30 billion distribution, then $20 billion, and allocated proportional to providers’ share of 2018 net patient revenue. The methodology is designed to provide relief to providers, who bill Medicare fee-for-service, with at least 2% of that provider’s gross patient revenue regardless of the provider’s payer mix. These are payments, not loans, and do not need to be repaid. Read the full report.
HHSC: State Medicaid Managed Care Advisory Committee. The Committee gathered to hear Advisory Committee chair updates; hear State Medicaid Managed Care Advisory Committee subcommittee updates; discuss the prior authorization processes and provider burden; hear Health and Human Services Commission updates; and more. Access the full report here.
HHSC: Value-Based Payment and Quality Improvement Advisory Committee. The Committee gathered to review and approve the bylaws; hear presentations on the Joint Commission, Leveraging Multi-Payer Data, and the Texas Medical Home Initiative; discuss HHSC value-based payment strategies; discuss the 2020 Legislative Report, and more. Access the full report here.
Texas
- Several Texas cities worry hospitals may run out of beds in two weeks or sooner
- Pandemic demand strains Central Texas meat supply chain
- Bar exam for Texas’ aspiring lawyers canceled in July due to coronavirus concerns
- Man’s coronavirus death raised questions about care for disabled, advocates say
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide mask mandate exempts voting sites and churches
- Adler bans social gatherings of more than 10 people amid coronavirus spike
U.S.
- The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus
- Clash looms over next coronavirus relief bill
- The outlook worsens in much of the U.S. as July begins with a crush of cases.
- House spending bill counters Trump threat to cut WHO funding
- WHO reviewing evidence of possible airborne transmission of coronavirus
- 239 Experts With One Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne
- No more delays: What to know about the July 15 deadline
- Early Coronavirus Testing Restrictions Led To Some Big ER Bills
- Nearly 90 percent of COVID-19 cases at meat plants were minority workers: CDC
- Want To Create A Better Mask? It’s Harder Than It Seams
- Small Business Loans Flowed to Health Care, Construction and Big States
- Nurses union warns of shortage in protective gear amid new coronavirus surge
- Pooling Coronavirus Tests Can Spare Scarce Supplies, But There’s A Catch