Texas Insight provides timely reporting of healthcare issues and events as they occur within the legislative and regulatory branches of Texas state government.
HHSC: STAR Kids Managed Care Advisory Committee. The Committee gathered to hear a COVID-19 update; discuss Durable Medical Equipment Administrative Simplification Pilot in STAR Kids; hear Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) updates; discuss STAR Kids Quality Measures; and more. Follow this link for the full report.
HHSC: STAR+PLUS Pilot Program Workgroup. The Workgroup gathered to discuss committee bylaws; discuss Texas Government Code Chapter 534, Subchapter C, as amended by House Bill 4533, 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, discussion concerning STAR+PLUS pilot program eligibility, employment services, consumer direction services, and providers; discuss subcommittees and meeting timeline; and hear public comment. Follow this link for the full report.
- June 23, 2020: Behavioral Health Advisory Committee
- June 25, 2020: Health and Human Services Commission Executive Council
- June 26, 2020: State Medicaid Managed Care Advisory Committee
Texas
- U.S. Reps. Sylvia Garcia, Joaquin Castro call on ICE to release migrants in immigration detention centers as coronavirus cases surge
- Gov. Abbott calls coronavirus surge unacceptable, urges Texans to wear masks in public
- Doggett backs bill to prevent price gouging for COVID-19 drugs
- Texas coronavirus experts call for national investigation of U.S. response to pandemic
- FDA Warns of Potentially Toxic Hand Sanitizers
- Texas Children’s admitting adult patients because of COVID-19 surge
U.S.
- Climate Change Tied to Pregnancy Risks, Affecting Black Mothers Most
- Black Americans four times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19: Medicare data
- Women With Cancer Awarded Billions in Baby Powder Suit
- We Still Don’t Fully Understand The Label ‘Asymptomatic’
- A Multibillion-Dollar Opportunity: Virus-Proofing the New Office
- Trump health officials to testify on continued dangers of coronavirus pandemic
- Living in Poverty May Increase Alzheimer’s Risk
- You May Have Antibodies After Coronavirus Infection. But Not for Long.
- Emergency department visits for life-threatening conditions decline amid pandemic: study
- Why the Sickest Workers May Be Among the First Back on the Job