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March 10, 2020
TAHP Statement on Commitment to Work with Gov. Abbott and State Leaders on Coronavirus Response
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.
November 1, 2019
TAHP Joins New Learning Collaborative
A group of health sector stakeholders has launched a new learning collaborative designed to help Texas Medicaid health insurance plans develop and implement strategies to address the non-medical, root causes of poor health for patients across the state. The 12-month project will focus on access to healthy food, housing conditions, transportation, and other social factors that often have a direct impact on a person’s health.
October 30, 2019
Texas Health Plans Urge State Congressional Delegation to Delay Health Insurance Tax
The Texas Association of Health Plans recently delivered the below letter to each member of the Texas Congressional delegation urging them to act swiftly to delay the Health Insurance Tax
October 18, 2019
Episcopal Health Foundation, Health Plans, and MCOs Launch Effort to Address SDOH
AUSTIN—The Episcopal Health Foundation, Texas Association of Health Plans, and Texas Association of Community Health Plans jointly launched the Texas MCO Social Determinants of Health Learning Collaborative this week to develop and implement new ways to address social determinants of health (SDOH) in Texas.
October 4, 2019
TAHP CEO Publishes New Op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman
State and national legislators recently turned their attention to an issue that truly needs it: surprise medical billing. Insurers, physicians, and politicians agree we must protect patients from surprise billing in situations where they receive care from a provider they did not specifically choose, such as when they are treated by an out-of-network ER doctor during an emergency.
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