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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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September 25, 2020

Health Insurance Providers to Continue Payment Parity for Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to Texas and our nation, touching every facet of American life. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas health insurance providers have been fully committed to helping solve this crisis, including waiving out-of-pocket costs for telehealth and expanding telehealth programs, so that Texans can access the care they need from the safety of their own homes.

September 8, 2020

Freestanding ER Doctor Resigns in Protest After $11,000 COVID Test Bill from His Own Employer

On Saturday, the national investigative journalism organization ProPublica published its second article in the past month highlighting how freestanding emergency rooms are price gouging Texas patients for COVID-19 tests. This time, Physicians Premier ER in Austin charged one of its own doctors nearly $11,0000 for a test.

September 3, 2020

TAHP Speaks Against Price Gouging

Last month Chron.com reporter Alison Medley wrote an article about Laurie Delgatto-Whitten, a woman who received a $3,000 medical bill after visiting a drive-thru COVID-19 test site in Spring operated by United Memorial Medical Center.

August 19, 2020

Texas Medicaid Managed Care Plans Bring out the Best of the Texas Medicaid Program

touching every facet of American life. During this crisis, Managed Care Plans are connecting Texans to the personalized care and support they need to stay safe and healthy and to live their lives to the fullest.

August 18, 2020

Texas Health Plans Respond to COVID-19

touching every facet of American life. Texas health plans are heavily invested in the health of the Texas communities in which we live and serve, and we are doing all we can to keep Texans safe and support our provider partners. Learn more about how Texas health plans are taking action to help Texans get access to the prevention, testing, and treatment they need to stay healthy.

August 17, 2020

Texas Health Plans Are Committed to Curbing the COVID-19 Virus

The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to Texas and our nation, touching every facet of American life. In the face of these challenges, Texas health plans are committed to curbing the virus and helping Texans receive the testing and care they need to stay healthy—including eliminating out-of-pocket costs for Texans by covering COVID treatment and testing at no cost and expanding access to telemedicine. The health and well-being of millions of Texans is our highest priority.

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August 3, 2020

ProPublica Investigates Freestanding ER Price Gouging in Texas

Over the weekend, national investigative journalism organization ProPublica published an article demonstrating how freestanding emergency rooms are price gouging Texas patients. In this case—as in hundreds of others around the state—a freestanding ER billed a Houston woman $2,500 for her son’s drive-thru COVID-19 test. The test itself was only $175, but the facility tacked on $2,300 in unnecessarily high facility and physician fees.

July 30, 2020

TAHP Notes Test Price Gouging is a Dangerous New Trend

HOUSTON — Some consumers who thought they were getting a simple COVID-19 test instead got a surprise bill charging their insurance company thousands of dollars. The Texas Association of Health Plans called it a dangerous new trend from a small number of providers.

July 1, 2020

Finding Health Coverage When You Lose Your Job: COBRA Is Not Your Only Option

The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the importance of health coverage when it comes to financially protecting Texas families from our state’s high health care costs. Texas already had the highest percent of uninsured residents and some of the highest health care prices in the country—now, both of those problems have been exacerbated by the coronavirus.

March 10, 2020

Statement from TAHP CEO on Coronavirus Preparedness Among Texas Health Plans

TAHP, its member companies, and our employees are heavily invested in the health of the Texas communities in which we live and serve, and we are fully committed to meeting this challenge. Texas health plans are working to help contain the virus, ensure people have coverage for and access to needed testing, and help patients who are infected receive the care and treatment they need.

March 10, 2020

TAHP Statement on Commitment to Work with Gov. Abbott and State Leaders on Coronavirus Response

March 10, 2020

Complete Coverage: Texas Health Insurance Providers Respond to Coronavirus

The Texas Association of Health Plans, its member companies, and our employees are heavily invested in the health of the Texas communities in which we live and serve, and we are fully committed to meeting this challenge. Texas health plans are working to help contain the virus, ensure people have coverage for and access to needed testing, and help patients who are infected receive the care and treatment they need.

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