Coverage of health care and insurance in Texas -- Medicaid and HHSC rules, hospitals and rural care, health insurance and TDI regulation, public health, and the agencies that oversee care.
Texas dietitians will owe the state two hours of continuing education on metabolic health or ultra-processed foods to renew their licenses after Jan. 1, one hour less than regulators proposed in September, after licensees called the subjects vague and the deadline too tight.
A 40-year-old in Taylor County shopping on HealthCare.gov for 2027 coverage will find plans from just one company, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas.
The Texas State Board of Pharmacy will meet Nov. 3 in Austin and vote on a rule that would stop pharmacies from leaving prescription drugs at a prescriber’s office unless the patient is the one collecting them or is given them there.
The Fisher County Hospital District, which serves a county of fewer than 4,000 residents, is in line for $7.5 million from the state’s Rural Texas Strong program.
The Texas House Subcommittee on Maternal Health, Menopause, and Access to Evidence-Based Medicine will gavel in at 10 a.m. Nov. 6 in Room E2.030 of the Capitol Extension to hear invited testimony on four sets of interim charges: hormone imbalances and endometriosis, women's health programs and rural maternity care, newborn insurance enrollment, and parental leave for state employees.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Oct. 29 that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) plans to award $87 million in Rural Texas Strong grants to 129 rural healthcare providers across the state, according to releases from the governor’s office and HHSC.
John Hryhorchuk opened a recent op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman with a line that sounds like it came from a campaign attack ad: Your Texas miracle has become my Texas nightmare.
Nearly 12,000 Texas physicians have to renew their medical licenses by Nov. 30, and one in five of them had not yet opened the online account the state now requires before it will renew a license, the Texas Medical Board was told Oct. 23.
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines is encouraging Texans to comment on a proposed rule that would eliminate sales tax on the fees physicians and hospitals pay to access online medical records, according to an Oct. 28 news release from the Comptroller’s office.
The Texas board that licenses occupational therapists proposes rules Oct. 30 for an electronic system to track its licensees’ continuing education.
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas Children's Hospital has opened what his office described as the country's first Detransition Clinic, according to an Oct. 27 news release from the Office of the Attorney General.
Hamilton County Hospital District, Fisher County Hospital District in Rotan and Tyler County Hospital District are each in line for roughly $7.5 million in state rural health grants, according to a list the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) posted Oct. 23.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission celebrated a key stage in construction of the new Wichita Falls State Hospital this week with the placement of the final steel beam, the agency announced.
The state agency that licenses Texas psychologists, counselors, social workers and marriage therapists meets Oct. 27 with three fights over care for transgender patients on its agenda — a federal lawsuit, a Texas Supreme Court ruling and a federal demand letter — all listed as information, none up for a vote.