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June 27, 2024

Small Employer Payrolls Suffer from High Health Care Costs

What’s new: Texas families and employers continue to struggle with the cost of health care, and a new analysis…

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June 13, 2024

Protecting Patients: New States Laws Target Surprise Facility Fees

What’s new: As legislatures wrap-up around the country, three new laws add to a growing list of state patient…

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June 10, 2024

Inaugural Healthcare Workforce Task Force Includes TAHP CEO

Announcement: Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) announced the inaugural members of the Healthcare…

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June 4, 2024

Texas Medicaid Managed Care Continues to Deliver on Savings & Outcomes

The Big Picture: Texas Medicaid managed care is a success story, dramatically reducing hospital stays and ER visits, leading…

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May 30, 2024

Texas Families Struggle as Medicaid Falls Short on Mental Health Care

What’s New: This May, Mental Health Month, Texas faces a critical challenge. Despite increasing demand for mental health services…

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February 16, 2022

Texans Continue to Experience COVID-19 Price Gouging

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Texans have been tricked into a new type of health care price gouging – outrageous COVID-19 testing.

February 11, 2022

Jessica Lynch Joins TAHP As Director of Policy, Government Program

February 11, 2022 Jamie Dudensing Today, the Texas Association of Health Plans formally announced that Jessica Lynch will join…

February 3, 2022

Groups Push Against Lawsuit to Undermine Surprise Billing Protections

Physician groups are facing far-ranging opposition in their lawsuit to overturn rules implementing new surprise medical billing protections. Opponents to the physician-led attack on the new law now include employer coalitions, unions, patient and consumer groups, health policy experts, and essentially any group that cares about controlling health care costs.

January 28, 2022

Texas’ Individual Insurance Market is More Competitive Than Ever

A record number of Americans signed up for health care coverage through Affordable Care Act marketplaces at the same time a number of new plans joined the market. About 14.5 millions Americans signed up for an ACA plan during the enrollment period that ended January 15. That’s 2 million more than ever before.

January 13, 2022

Health Plans Make Sure You’ll Never Walk Alone

By: Madeleine Richter-Atkinson, Jamie Dudensing Social isolation, defined as having few relationships or infrequent social contact, was a common experience in…

January 11, 2022

At-Home COVID Tests Covered by Insurance Starting January 15

Starting January 15, individuals with private health insurance will have coverage for up to eight at-home COVID tests per month, per covered family member.

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January 3, 2022

No More Surprises

Looking for some good news to start the year? We’ve got you covered. After a years-long debate, the end of unfair and outrageous surprise medical bills is finally here.

December 8, 2021

Texans Deserve More Than a Health Care Safety Net

For many of the five million uninsured Texans, our state’s health care safety net is their routine source of health care and final life line. Although critically important for these Texans, it’s worth asking, “why is a safety net the first and only option for so many Texans?” Proponents of safety net only policies fail to realize that safety net care should be a last resort, not a plan for a healthy Texas.

December 2, 2021

Look for New Patient Protections in Your Stocking This Holiday Season

As we near the January 1, 2022 start date of the wildly popular new law to end the egregious practice of surprise medical bills, debate over the details has heated up. Following the release of interim final rules in October, the same physicians that initially fought to preserve the practice of sending patients unexpected bills are now complaining over the details of how they’ll be paid.

November 19, 2021

What Drives Healthy Outcomes?

Experts agree that as much as 80% of a person’s health is determined by factors outside of direct medical care, including where they are born, grow, live, and work. To encourage better outcomes, health plans are working in communities to help address social barriers to good health, including the need for access to reliable and affordable transportation.

November 2, 2021

Five Things That May Surprise You About ACA Plans in Texas

This week kicks off the open enrollment period to purchase health insurance through an ACA marketplace or exchange for 2022 coverage. Uninsured Texans may be surprised by the new options and affordable rates available to them. With new plan providers, increased subsidies, and help finding the best plan, this could be the most important open enrollment period in Texas yet.

October 27, 2021

Learn All About It: Education Improves Health Outcomes

Experts agree that as much as 80% of a person’s health is determined by factors outside of direct medical care. Whereas the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, and work — known as social determinants of health (SDOH) — play a much greater role. To encourage better outcomes, health plans are working in communities to help address SDOH, including the need for education.

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