AUSTIN -The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops (TCCB) joined with the Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships (TEHP) and political leaders in calling on the Biden Administration to immediately reinstate federal funding for Texas’ hospital safety net. Click here to read more

DALLAS “ Congressman Marc Veasey today joined four of his Democratic colleagues in calling for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to unfreeze federal Medicaid funding for Texas’ hospitals. Click here to read more

“We are aware that your health care platform objected to adopting the Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation (MFAR) that threatened the viability of the safety net. The policy your administration currently is citing as the reason for withholding these critical Medicaid funds, however, reportedly is rooted in that same proposal. We believe that danger to our safety net is so grave that we cannot sit silently.” Click here to read more

The approval of new DPPs and the successful renewal of existing waivers are critical to sustaining access to health care services and lowering health inequalities for Medicaid enrolled and uninsured people across the state. As a result, I’m concerned about the continued delays in issuing waiver renewals and DPPs. Click here to read more

Dallas County has administered such an assessment, known as a Local Provider Participation Fund – since 2018. The local assessment along with Parkland’s intergovernmental transfers are essential to funding the non-federal share of the Medicaid payment programs that ensure the solvency and sustainability of the Medicaid providers in our community. Click here to read more

Webb County recognizes that timely approval of the Texas section 1115 waiver renewal and pending Medicaid managed care directed payment program applications is essential to ensuring Webb County’s and its providers’ ability to deliver cost efficient healthcare services to Medicaid and indigent patients in the community… Click here to read more