CEO @txhealthplans, Mom, @texastech grad, ❤️ National Parks, & believe that @txmedicaidworks
Austin, TX
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Proud to announce that @txhealthplans was honored to be present at the Governor's signing ceremony for HB 12, extending #Medicaid coverage for new moms in Texas to 12 months. A great step forward for #maternalhealth in our state. #HB12 @TXlege
Keeping up with #HealthPolicy in Texas? We proudly present @txhealthplans End-of-Session Highlights Guide, the most comprehensive overview of health coverage legislation passed. #txlege tahp.org/session_guides/legi…
Study suggests a new harm from hospital mergers: less price transparency statnews.com/2022/06/07/stud…
Another price-gouging private equity sighting in Texas - Betting on ‘Golden Age’ of Colonoscopies, Private Equity Invests in Gastro Docs. It's a high price trifecta: Consolidation...Private Equity...Abusive Facility Fees. khn.org/MTUwMTM3OQ @khnews #txlege @txhealthplans
Good conversation about why hospital surge capacity is not a good idea - ends up adding expense to the health care system — without necessarily improving health. politico.com/newsletters/pol…
Woman Charged $303,709 for $1,337 Surgery Wins Court Battle Against Bill “Hospital chargemasters have become increasingly arbitrary and, over time, have lost any direct connection to hospitals' actual costs." newsweek.com/woman-charged-3…
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Another reminder that drug companies pay doctors to influence the drugs they prescribe and how this has affected the Opioid epidemic. New Documents Show How Drug Companies Targeted Doctors to Increase Opioid Prescriptions 1/4 #txlege @charlesornstein propublica.org/article/pharm…
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Doctors who receive money from drugmakers related to a specific drug prescribe that drug more heavily than doctors without such financial ties. On average, doctors who received payments prescribed 58% more of that drug than doctors who did not. 2/4 propublica.org/article/docto…
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So happy to lose the AISD superintendent. Doubt our school board will learn from it. So sad AISD has become a race for the bottom, instead of a race to the top. My sons experience at our neighborhood and once amazing Kealing magnet is eye opening. dallasnews.com/news/educatio…
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Absolutely loved this. Taylor Swift NYU inspirational commencement speech | LiveNOW from FOX - YouTube m.youtube.com/watch?v=ccXtr8…
Employers and health plans pay hospitals billions more than Medicare for the same services. These excessive prices correlate with anticompetitive hospital market share. #txlege @txhealthplans axios.com/2022/05/17/employe…
Gosh... hospitals profitting?
BTW, as they own so many physician practices, hospital expenditures are the medium blu, plus a good bit of dark blue on the pie.
@GeBaiDC @brian_blase, great article! statnews.com/2022/05/13/turn… @statnews
Survey Says: 79% of voters are concerned that lawsuits from physician and hospital organizations could delay or overturn the patient protections included in the No Surprises Act (NSA). #txlege @txhealthplans stopsurprisebillingnow.com/s…
Mick Kolassa wrote the drug pricing playbook, then stepped away - “It is theoretically possible to set a price that is too high,” Kolassa once wrote in a book on pharmaceutical pricing. “We have yet to identify such a situation in the U.S. market.” statnews.com/2022/05/13/kola…
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Health care prices are out of control “The Red Cross sells your donated blood to hospitals for $150 and then that hospital charges you thousands for a blood transfusion.” #txlege @txhealthplans politifact.com/factchecks/20…
I have finally found something more confusing than health care prices.
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Not true for TX anymore - Texas Medicaid can now text families to remind them about appointments, wellness programs, and eligibility, thanks to @CesarJBlanco @FourPriceTX @RepToniRoseTX khn.org/MTQ3NzkzOA @khnews #txlege @txhealthplans
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