Hospital and health service districts are units of local government created to generate tax revenue to provide health care services to indigent county residents. Hospital districts are the only local health…
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HPSAs are geographic regions, populations, and/or facilities lacking in sufficient primary, dental, or mental health care. They are given their designation by The Texas Primary Care Office (TPCO) and the…
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Beginning in 1998, the Texas Legislature created the Texas Health Insurance Pool, a high-risk pool which consisted of a separate insurance pool for the chronically ill who were virtually uninsurable in an unregulated non-group (sometimes referred to as individual) market. (Without pre-existing conditions protections, insurers will charge sick people more than those that are well). The pool was financed by patient revenue and assessments paid by insurance companies and HMOs as well as federal grant funds.
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The Mission of the Texas Health Care Association “…is to unite, represent, and support professionals who strive to improve the delivery, quality, and integrity of long-term healthcare services.” Quality Care:…
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Texas State Hospitals are comprised of nine state-owned mental health facilities and one state-owned inpatient residential treatment facility managed by the Department of State Health Services [see map below]. They serve…
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A plan with a higher deductible than a traditional insurance plan. The monthly premium is usually lower, but you pay more health care costs yourself before the insurance company starts…
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A type of savings account that allows you to set aside money on a pre-tax basis to pay for qualified medical expenses if you have a “high deductible” health insurance…
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A General Appropriations Act is introduced during each legislative session (click here for the 85th Legislature’s GAA). Article II of the Act denotes spending and appropriations for the Texas Health…
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The Health and Human Services Commission is in the process of reorganizing of the commission and its agencies. Agencies affected in Texas will be: The Texas Department of Aging and…
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