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Webb County Commissioners Court Supports Ongoing Negotiations Between CMS and HHSC
We greatly appreciate the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) ongoing efforts to work with HHSC to ensure the section 1115 waiver and directed payment programs allow Texas Medicaid beneficiaries continue to receive the care they need. Click here to read more
Starr County Commissioners Court and Starr County Indigent Care Director Support 1115 Waiver Negotiations
[We] write to support your ongoing efforts to work with [HHSC] to avoid further reductions in Medicaid payments to the safety net providers that serve the Texas Medicaid population. Click here to read more
Texas Indigent Healthcare Association Joins TEHP Efforts to Unfreeze Federal Funding for Texas’ Hospital Safety Net
In TIHCA’s letter to CMS, program director, Windy Johnson, points out that Texas’ indigent care programs rely on the viability of our local safety net hospitals. Right now, our communities are feeling pressure from the decision not to approve three Medicaid managed care directed payment programs, and we are hopeful that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will approve them before the end of the year. Click here to read more
Texas Indigent Health Care Association Urges CMS to Approve DPPs
The Texas Indigent Health Care Association Board of Directors write to support your ongoing efforts to work with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to avoid further reductions in Medicaid payments to the safety net providers that serve the Texas Medicaid population. Our indigent care programs rely on the viability of our local safetynet hospitals. Right now, our communities are feeling pressure from the decision not to approve three Medicaid managed care directed payment programs, and we are hopeful that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will approve them before the end of the year. Click here to read more
TEHP Applauds Congresswoman Escobar’s Efforts to Restore Hospital Safety Net
EL PASO “ Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships (TEHP) today applauded Congresswoman Veronica Escobar’s efforts to restore funding for Texas’ hospital safety net that has been frozen due to a stalemate over the Medicaid 1115 waiver. Click here to read more
Letter from Senator Vela Regarding 1115 Waiver
Dear Secretary Becerra, Administrator Brooks-LaSure, Deputy Administrator Tsai, and Deputy Director Costello: I write to express concerns about the expiration of several programs that provide critical funding and access to health care services for Medicaid enrolled and uninsured individuals across Texas. CMS and the state should work swiftly to renew Texas’ 1115 Medicaid waiver and related DPPs. Continue Reading
Texas Democratic Delegation Letter
Dear Secretary Becerra, Administrator Brooks-LaSure, Deputy Administrator Tsai, and Deputy Director Costello: Thank you for your tireless work to ensure the health and well-being of all Americans, particularly in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency. On behalf of our Texas constituents, we are grateful for your efforts. Click here to read more
ICYMI: Restore funding of Medicaid Directed Payment Programs: El Paso delegation
EL PASO “ In case you missed it, the El Paso delegation wrote an op-ed in the El Paso Times last week highlighting the need for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to immediately restore funding of Texas’ Directed Payment Programs. Click here to read more