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.
State Representative Katrina Pierson has laid out a 12-part legislative package under the banner of the Texas Women's Health Initiative, pairing six women's health proposals with six broader medical measures aimed at prevention, early detection, treatment access and protecting the physician-patient relationship, according to an Aug. 12 news release and initiative materials from her office.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will host a public forum Aug. 19 in Big Spring to share information and gather feedback on Rural Texas Strong, the state's plan for spending federal rural health funding, according to an Aug. 12 media advisory from the agency.
The five-member council that employs every staff member working for the state's physical therapy and occupational therapy boards meets Friday in Austin.
The Texas Medical Board meets Friday with a rule on its desk that would regulate ketamine clinics for the first time.
The Texas Funeral Service Commission votes Friday on a wholesale rewrite of the rules governing donated human bodies — a signed chain-of-custody form at every handoff, permission required before a body leaves the state, and a flat ban on selling tickets to watch remains dissected.
The largest infusion of federal health money rural Texas has ever received is moving from applications to contracts this month.
Governor Greg Abbott announced more than $5.6 million in grants to eight Texas colleges and universities through the Nursing Innovation Grant Program, according to an Aug. 7 news release published by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Health insurers selling individual coverage on the Affordable Care Act marketplace are asking for a median premium increase of 15% for 2027, according to a Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker analysis updated August 3 that now covers proposed filings from 276 insurers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Attorney General Ken Paxton's office announced that its settlement agreement with Texas Children's Hospital has been fully executed, finalizing a $10 million payment and requiring the hospital to open what the office describes as the country's first detransition clinic, according to an Aug. 5 news release from the Office of the Attorney General.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into the American Academy of Pediatrics over concerns that the organization may be promoting childhood vaccines for financial gain, his office announced in an Aug. 5 news release.
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners moves Friday on rules that would make every dentist, hygienist, dental assistant and dental lab in the state document that it is legally allowed to work here before a license is issued or renewed.
The Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners picks a vendor Friday to build a system that tracks whether the state's roughly 20,800 occupational therapists and assistants have done their continuing education — 25 days before a state law requires the system to be running.