Legislators need to back Texas Health and Human Services Commission By Ken Janda Have you followed much news coverage of our Texas Health and Human Services Commission ? In the midst of escalating concerns and long-running criticism, some valid and some not, what might surprise you the most is learning the Health and Human Services […]
MARCH OF DIMES PARTNERS WITH 2-1-1 TEXAS CITY OF EL PASO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND EL PASO HEALTH TO LAUNCH GO BEFORE YOU SHOW (El Paso, TX, May 8, 2018)— March of Dimes has partnered with 2-1-1 Texas, City of El Paso Texas Department of Public Health and El Paso Health to launch […]
Obamacare sign-ups slip in Austin area; strong economy likely a factor Area health care advocates say they are pleased with enrollment numbers. lifestyle By Bob Sechler – American-Statesman Staff Qiling Wang “I am very happy with the numbers, given the many challenges that this enrollment period faced,” Elizabeth Colvin, director of the Insure Central Texas […]
Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Medicaid Managed Care The Texas Legislature first began utilizing Medicaid managed care in the early 1990s. What began as a small regional Medicaid managed care pilot in 1993 has today grown to operate in all of Texas’s 254 counties and cover over 90% of the state’s Medicaid enrollees.1 Medicaid Managed Care […]
My dad’s cancer has made it clear: Our health care system is sick I’m driving my 90-year-old father to and from the doctor. It used to be the other way around, parents driving kids. I was a mostly healthy kid and teenager, but when I needed stitches or medicine, I was always impatient with […]
Dell Children’s Emergency Care at Seton Southwest Hospital The world-class pediatric emergency care of Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas is now available in Southwest Austin. Families with infants, children and teens can visit the ER at Seton Southwest Hospital to get the same high-quality care of Dell Children’s in Austin. Dell Children’s pediatric […]
How Poverty Can Follow Children Into Adulthood At the height of the recession in 2012, nearly one in four American children were living in poverty. Today, five years after America went through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, children are still more likely to live in poverty than adults. In fact, while the […]
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO HOST SUPER HERO HEALTH FAIR Hundreds of Backpacks and School Supplies Will Be Given Away EL PASO, Texas – August 25, 2017 – El Paso Health and Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso (TTP El Paso) Pediatrics will host an end of summer Super Hero Health Fair on Saturday, August 26, 2017 […]
Benefit Update for Early Childhood Intervention for Texas Medicaid Effective September 1, 2017 Information posted July 18, 2017 Note: Texas Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) must provide all medically necessary, Medicaid-covered services to eligible clients. Administrative procedures such as prior authorization, pre-certification, referrals, and claims/encounter data filing may differ from traditional Medicaid (fee-for-service) and from […]
CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN PROTECT OUR CARE CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN along with special guests Children’s Defense Fund, Houston Women March, Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services, Houston Area Urban League, Light and Salt Association, Indivisible Houston, Black Lives Matter Houston and Houston Rising Invite you to protect our care PUBLIC FORUM ON MEDICAID IN TEXAS How […]