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May 13, 2024

Employees Remain Highly Satisfied With Job-Based Health Coverage

Coverage Satisfaction: AHIP’s Coverage@Work campaign reveals that employees with job-based health coverage are overwhelmingly satisfied with their health plans….

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May 9, 2024

Excessive Drug Mark-ups Are Costing Texas Patients

Soaring Mark-Ups: New research shows hospitals and physicians are marking up drug prices significantly, driving up health insurance premiums by $13.1…

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April 23, 2024

4 Things You Didn’t Know About Texas Medicaid

Here’s the deal: Texas Medicaid managed care covers 4 million Texans with the tailored coverage, care coordination, and access…

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April 4, 2024

A Critical Gap: The Need for Stronger Health Care Fraud and Abuse Protections in Texas

Disturbing trend: The New York Times recently added to a series of reports unravelling the financial motives behind a…

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March 13, 2024

TAHP Strengthens its Team with Two Key Additions Ahead of Next Session

New Faces at TAHP: The Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHP) is thrilled to announce the addition of Greer…

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October 21, 2021

It’s Clear: Freestanding ERs Need Transparency, Accountability

Freestanding ERs made headlines again as a new report of a COVID test more expensive than a Tesla surfaced and another report of COVID test price gouging came out of Houston.

October 19, 2021

Texas Invests Federal Funds in IT for Better Health Care

The third special session of the Texas Legislature wrapped up this morning shortly after midnight. This morning, the Legislature voted for the final passage of SB 8, which came out of conference yesterday and appropriates $16 billion in federal COVID relief funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

October 13, 2021

Get Employed, Get Healthy

Experts estimate that direct medical care affects only 15-20% of a person’s overall wellness, whereas the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, and work — 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 gainful employment.

September 24, 2021

Food as Medicine

September 16, 2021

Home Is Where the Health Is

Experts estimate that direct medical care affects only 15-20% of a person’s overall wellness , whereas the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, and work — 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 safe, secure housing.

September 14, 2021

SDOH: What’s Keeping You Healthy?

hroughout the day to maintain a healthy lifestyle—nutritious meals, regular physical activity, access to medical care and pharmacies, clean drinking water, and the opportunity to get a good night’s rest.

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August 16, 2021

Medicaid Monday: 56 Years of Medicaid

In the summer of 1965, President and Texan Lyndon Johnson signed the law that would put Medicaid into effect. Fifty-six years later, Medicaid is an essential program for the health of many Americans. In Texas, Medicaid connects more than 4 million Texans with the greatest medical needs to health care and coverage.

August 11, 2021

Texas Covered Conference + Expo Agenda Release

Today, the Texas Association of Health Plans released its agenda for the upcoming Texas Covered Conference + Expo, which will be held November 8-10 in Austin, Texas.

August 6, 2021

Don’t Be Surprised: Texas Should Follow the Example of the First No Surprises Act

Act, which was adopted in December to provide patient protections against surprise billing.

July 28, 2021

Uninsured Texans Have Two Weeks to Take Advantage of Special ACA Enrollment

In response to the pandemic, the Biden Administration created a special enrollment period for Americans that started on July 1 and runs through August 15. This gives consumers additional time to shop for coverage and to take advantage of new savings through the American Rescue Plan.

July 19, 2021

Medicaid Monday: STAR Kids Program Beats National Benchmark

A recent external study showed that Texas’ STAR Kids program beats national benchmarks in the majority of areas. These areas include getting needed care (66% compared to 61%), positive customer experience (76% to 68%), specialist rating (82% to 74%) and access to prescription medications (75% to 69%).

July 15, 2021

State of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage in Texas

Last month, AHIP, the national organization for health plans, released state-by-state data breaking down employer-sponsored health coverage in each state. In Texas, almost 13.5 million Texans were covered by an employer-sponsored plan, the way the majority of Texans (52%) have health insurance coverage.

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