Video: Rick Perry on The Texas Women's Health Program
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that if Planned Parenthood succeeds in its legal challenges regarding the Texas Women’s Health Program, “they will kill this program." Full Story
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Texas Women's Health Program Will Not Launch as Planned This Week
Kyle Janek, executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, said Wednesday morning that the new state-led Women's Health Program would be ready to start on Nov. 1. But the program will not launch until court controversy is clarified or federal funds run out. Full Story
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Updated: Whistleblower Helps Texas Settle $20M Fraud Case
Private whistleblowers have helped put Texas at the top of the list when it comes to Medicaid fraud settlements with pharmaceutical companies. Texas settled a case with a Swiss-based company on Tuesday for $19.9 million. Full Story
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How the Election Will Affect Health Care in Texas
Lawmakers will take up Medicaid funding when the Legislature convenes next year. But the first test comes on Election Day, when who becomes president could determine the fate of the program. Full Story
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Judge's Order Allows Planned Parenthood to Remain in Women's Health Program
A district judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining allowing Planned Parenthood to stay in the Women's Health Program, for now. Full Story
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Appeals Court Refuses to Rehear Planned Parenthood Case
A ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday gives Texas the go-ahead to cut Planned Parenthood out of the Women's Health Program. Full Story
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TribLive: A Conversation with Michael Burgess
At last Friday's quarterly meeting of the Texas Lyceum, I interviewed U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, about the future of Medicaid and Medicare, Texans without insurance and the likely fate of the Affordable Care Act. Full Story
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Repair of Tiny Medicaid Rounding Errors Could Carry Hefty Price Tag
Federal authorities say Texas health officials must resolve rounding errors that lead to mere pennies worth of Medicaid overpayments. The fix could end up costing Texas taxpayers more than $1 million. Full Story
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Doctors in Women's Health Program Can Discuss Abortion
In a peace offering of sorts to medical and women's groups on Thursday, HHSC Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek announced rules for the new state-run Women's Health Program that permit doctors to discuss abortion with their patients. Full Story
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HHSC Deputy Inspector General Arrested on DWI Charge
Jack Stick, a former Austin state representative, past municipal judge and current deputy inspector general for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, was arrested Sept. 11 and charged with driving while intoxicated. Full Story
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Would Medicaid Expansion Bankrupt or Save Texas Budget?
Gov. Rick Perry has compared Texas Medicaid to the Titanic, but economists and business advocates from both sides of the political aisle say Texas shouldn’t let the program sink just yet. Full Story
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Lawmakers Want Answers on Dental, Orthodontic Fraud
Updated: As new details on Medicaid dental and orthodontic fraud investigations emerged at a House Public Health hearing on Monday, lawmakers warned that state agencies should not shirk responsibility. Full Story
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Study: Women to Lose Care if State Nixes Planned Parenthood
A state-funded Women's Health Program that excludes Planned Parenthood won't be able to provide the same level of care as the current system, according to a new study from George Washington University. Full Story
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For Doctors in Politics, Medicine Often Trumps Party
The state's largest doctors association says it can't remember a time when so many Texas physicians held elected office in Texas. But sometimes their medical backgrounds put them at odds with members of their own party. Full Story
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Medicaid Patient Shift Squeezes Some Home Health Care Providers
The abrupt exodus of thousands of South Texas Medicaid patients from one managed care health plan is putting financial strain on home health providers still adjusting to the state’s transition to Medicaid managed care. Full Story
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Medicare Fraud Strike Force Indicts 28 in Texas
In what one federal official described as "one of the largest Medicare fraud takedowns in Department of Justice history," the Medicare Fraud Strike Force indicted 91 people in seven cities on Thursday, including 28 in Dallas and Houston. Full Story
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TribuneFest: A Conversation with Janek and Traylor
At the 2012 Texas Tribune Festival, I talked to Dr. Kyle Janek, executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, and Chris Traylor, deputy chief commissioner, about the future of state health policy. Full Story
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Janek's Scrutiny of U.S. Census Bureau Uninsured Statistics Draws Critics
At The Texas Tribune Festival, Health and Human Services Commissioner Kyle Janek made a startling suggestion: that the Census Bureau’s projection that a quarter of Texans are uninsured is inflated. Full Story
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Texas Ranks Worst for Uninsured. What's Next?
Texas, it’s official: We have the worst rate of health insurance coverage in the country. That creates a huge financial burden on the health care system and the insured. Is politics standing in the way of reform? Full Story
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Report: Family Planning Cuts Caused More Than 50 Clinics to Close
Massive cuts lawmakers made last year to family planning funding in Texas caused more than 50 clinics statewide to close, according to a report published by the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. Full Story
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