Life of the Mother

Hospitals and Physicians Stand Strong for Mothers

Putting politics aside, the state’s two largest provider organizations rally behind the Life of the Mother Act.

Hospitals and Physicians Stand Strong for Mothers

Putting politics aside, the state’s two largest provider organizations rally behind the Life of the Mother Act.

Cap Recap

Cap Recap

Each week during the 2025 session of the Texas Legislature, The Scope’s Cap Recap will take a quick look at the previous week’s most hospital-relevant news under the Pink Dome in Austin.

Cap Recap

Each week during the 2025 session of the Texas Legislature, The Scope’s Cap Recap will take a quick look at the previous week’s most hospital-relevant news under the Pink Dome in Austin.

Facility Fees

Facility Fees

Hospital outpatient clinics receive two different types of payments for the care they provide. Nurses, techs, labwork, hospital infrastructure and more are paid through hospital outpatient payments, known colloquially as facility fees.

Facility Fees

Hospital outpatient clinics receive two different types of payments for the care they provide. Nurses, techs, labwork, hospital infrastructure and more are paid through hospital outpatient payments, known colloquially as facility fees.

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News

THA Issues Statement on Newly Released Data on Patients Not Lawfully Present

April 25, 2025

Today, the Texas Hospital Association issued the following statement in response to new data released by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. HHSC released data on hospital costs for caring for people not lawfully present in the United States. Texas hospitals report the data to HHSC in accordance with…

Hospitals, Physicians Applaud Senate Committee for Passing Bill to Protect Mothers

April 22, 2025

Statements by the Texas Medical Association (TMA) and Texas Hospital Association (THA) lauding the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs for passing Senate Bill 31. The committee passed the bill Tuesday to clarify Texas abortion laws and help ensure the lives of mothers are protected during a medical emergency.

Hospitals and Physicians Stand Strong for Bill to Protect Mothers

April 6, 2025

Texas physicians and hospitals strongly support the Life of the Mother Act, a bill making its way through the legislative process to clarify Texas abortion laws and help ensure the lives of mothers are protected during a medical emergency.

Events

Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Conditions of Participation: Ensuring Compliance 2025 – Part 2

May 1, 2025, 12:00–2:00 p.m.

Participation located in Appendix W in the manual. This nine-part webinar series will cover the CAH CoP manual.  Included is a 2-hour program on Patient Rights – one of the most cited segments of the Manual. The CAH Manual does not include a specific section on Patient Rights as does…

Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Conditions of Participation: Ensuring Compliance 2025 – Part 3

May 6, 2025, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) must comply with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Conditions of Participation located in Appendix W in the manual. This nine-part webinar series will cover the CAH CoP manual.  Included is a 2-hour program on Patient Rights – one of the most cited segments of…

Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Conditions of Participation: Ensuring Compliance 2025 – Part 4

May 8, 2025, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) must comply with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Conditions of Participation located in Appendix W in the manual. This four-part webinar will cover the entire CAH CoP manual. ncluded is a 2-hour program on Patient Rights – one of the most cited segments of…

We are the Texas Hospital Association

Founded in 1930, the Texas Hospital Association is the leadership organization and principal advocate for the state’s hospitals and health care systems. Based in Austin, THA enhances its members’ abilities to improve accessibility, quality and cost-effectiveness of health care for all Texans. One of the largest hospital associations in the country, THA represents more than 85 percent of the state’s acute-care hospitals and health care systems, which employ more than 400,000 health care professionals statewide.

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