Texas Insight’s Recent Reports
- HHSC: State Medicaid Managed Care Advisory Committee: The Advisory Committee adopted the minutes and reviewed committee by-laws, then heard the following: a general overview of the current state of affairs for Medicaid; an update on the IDD carve-in; subcommittee reports; and public comment.
- The Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT): The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) was established in 2007. Prior to that time, it existed as the Texas Cancer Council, which was established in 1985 to coordinate statewide cancer control efforts. CPRIT accepts applications for funding and awards grants in three areas: it funds academic research, funds the development of life science products, and funds cancer prevention and screening initiatives carried out by public and private entities. All CPRIT projects take place in Texas and reportedly utilize Texas-based scientists. The agency reports attracting $2.6 billion dollars in additional non-state funding for cancer research, which creates the promise of life-saving interventions and prevention services for thousands of Texans.
Looking Ahead
June 25, 2018: STAR Kids Managed Care Advisory Committee
June 26, 2018: Opioids & Substance Abuse, Select NOTICE
June 27, 2018: Appropriations – S/C on Article II NOTICE
June 27, 2018: General Investigating & Ethics NOTICE
State and Federal Healthcare News
Texas
- Doctor giving migrant kids psychotropic drugs lost certification years ago
- Five years after Wendy Davis filibuster, Texas abortion providers struggle to reopen clinics
- Texas Supreme Court rules Xerox responsible for fraudulent Medicaid dental payments
- Melania Trump visits shelters for immigrant children with history of delaying medical care for kids
- Lawmakers focus on flaws in Texas Medicaid program after Dallas Morning News investigation
- Immigrant children forcibly injected with drugs at Texas shelter, lawsuit claims
- Immigrant family separations, Pain and Profit in Medicaid managed care
U.S.
- Supreme Court Backs Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Free Speech Case
- HHS sued for documents related to child separation policy
- Walgreens Pharmacist Denies Woman with Unviable Pregnancy the Medication Needed to End It
- Medicare Allows More Benefits for Chronically Ill, Aiming to Improve Care for Millions
- When an Iowa Family Doctor Takes on the Opioid Epidemic
- The Trump Appointee Who’s an Addiction Specialist
- Reuniting and Detaining Migrant Families Pose New Mental Health Risks
- Police Killings Have Harmed Mental Health in Black Communities, Study Finds
- Fewer Births than Deaths Among White in Majority of U.S. States
- Disability Applications Plunge as the Economy Strengthens
- New Trump Rule Rolls Back Protections of the Affordable Care Act
- A Troubling Prognosis for Migrant Children in Detention: “The Earlier They’re out, the Better”