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.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Sept. 1 that his office has opened an investigation into TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp. over the company's handling of health insurance claims.
Three things happened in Texas health care on September 1.
Texas health insurers told a House committee Sept. 1 that state regulations have contributed to employers moving away from the fully insured market.
Texas 2036 released new polling Sept. 1 showing broad support among Texas voters for state action to improve transparency and competition in the healthcare market.
Texas hospitals stopped earning roughly $27 million a day in extra Medicaid money on Sept. 1, the first day of the state's new fiscal year, because federal regulators have not signed off on three programs that pay hospitals, doctors and rural clinics the difference between what Medicaid pays and what care actually costs.
The Texas Workforce Commission spent the first hour of a House hearing Aug. 26 describing a child care program that serves 117,000 families.
Texas health officials are proposing to delete the sentence that tells a family caring for a disabled relative at home exactly how little it may pay the worker who helps.
Texas pays 56 peer service coordinators to reach veterans in crisis across 254 counties.
A Texas child with autism used to lose access to the state’s autism treatment program on the morning of his 16th birthday.
The Texas House Select Committee on Health Care Affordability will gavel in at 9 a.m. Sept. 1 to take invited testimony only on four interim charges aimed at the cost side of the state's health care system — delivery and financing models, insurance plan design, coverage for smaller employers, and what consumers are able to learn about price and quality before they buy.
The board that runs the Employees Retirement System of Texas will meet Aug. 25 to set what retired state workers will pay next year for their Medicare coverage.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has reached a major construction milestone at the Panhandle State Hospital in Amarillo, where crews placed the final steel beam on the 75-bed psychiatric facility this week.