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Lance Lunsford, senior vice president, strategic communications, and incoming THA Board Chair Sally Hurt-Deitch discuss what's to come in 2019 and why it's important to attend the THA 2019 Annual Conference and Expo in Austin, Feb. 21-22.

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Recent News & Issues

Texas Hospital Association Honors State Representative Sarah Davis

Texas Hospital Advocacy Tribute Award Recognizes Lawmaker’s Commitment to Good Health Policy

(Dec. 7) The Texas Hospital Association last week honored State Rep. Sarah Davis (R-West University Place) with its Texas Hospital Advocacy Tribute Award in recognition of her work during the 85th legislative session on behalf of hospitals and health care policy ...

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Texas Hospitals Commit To Addressing Opioid Epidemic

Texas Hospital Association Distributes New Education Resource

(Nov. 30) Demonstrating the numerous ways Texas hospitals are working to proactively address the opioid epidemic, the Texas Hospital Association released a new whitepaper describing various tools and resources Texas hospitals are using to reduce opioid use and abuse ...

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Texas Hospital Association Honors State Representative John Zerwas

Texas Hospital Advocacy Tribute Award Recognizes Lawmaker’s Commitment to Good Health Policy

(Nov. 5) The Texas Hospital Association today honored State Rep. John Zerwas (R-Richmond) with its Texas Hospital Advocacy Tribute Award for his support of public policy issues important to hospitals and health systems ...

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Texas Hospitals Continue Huge Improvements in Reducing Infections

(Oct. 18) Texas hospitals saw significant decreases in the number of hospital-associated infections, outperforming national trends across all categories, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

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Ted Shaw Blog
  • United We Stand
    • 12/14/2018 9:36:00 AM
    Texas hospitals share a common mission, no matter their community. We are stronger together. We must resist the urge to let our adjectives – rural, urban, children’s, specialty – define us. We are ...
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  • Texas Hospitals Commit to Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
    • 11/29/2018 5:18:00 PM
    From opioid overdose treatments in the emergency department to treating complications of opioid use disorders in inpatient settings, Texas hospitals see the ravages of the state’s growing opioid epid...
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  • Understanding Hospital Financing
    • 11/13/2018 3:39:00 PM
    THA developed an educational series on hospital finance to help Texas hospitals better understand and advocate for a fair and equitable system of hospital financing.
    More >
Recent White Papers

Recent White Papers

The Texas Hospital Association often publishes white papers on issues affecting Texas hospitals and the health care of Texans.

Texas Hospitals’ Commitment to Addressing the Opioid Crisis: As anchors in Texas communities and public health advocates, Texas hospitals have taken a proactive leadership role in responding to the opioid crisis gripping not just the state but the nation. Download

Texas Hospitals Working Together to Improve Health Care for Pregnant Women and New Mothers: Through Texas AIM, Texas hospitals are implementing evidence-based care guidelines to improve maternal care and reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity. Download

Medicaid’s Role in Hospital Financing: This whitepaper discusses Medicaid's role in hospital financing, through reimbursement and supplemental payments. Download

Local Provider Participation Funds in Texas: The local provider participation fund resource shows where LPPFs currently exist and the state legislation that authorizes them. Local hospital districts created LPPFs as a way to provide the non-federal share of Medicaid payments. Download

Value Based Payment: This whitepaper discusses the challenges and opportunities Texas hospitals experience to navigate state and federal requirements for specific value-based payment models. Download

Rural Hospital Financing:: This document, the fourth in the Texas Hospital Association’s series on hospital financing, examines the special financing arrangements in Medicaid and Medicare that target the unique needs and vulnerabilities of rural hospitals. Download

Contact Info

Contact Info

The Texas Hospital Association would like to hear from both its members and from the public for whom Texan hospitals and health systems work to keep healthy.

Ted Shaw Blog
  • 12/14/2018
    Texas hospitals share a common mission, no matter their community. We are stronger together. We must resist the urge to let our adjectives – rural, urban, children’s, specialty – define us. We are ...
    Read More
  • 11/29/2018
    From opioid overdose treatments in the emergency department to treating complications of opioid use disorders in inpatient settings, Texas hospitals see the ravages of the state’s growing opioid epid...
    Read More
  • 11/13/2018
    THA developed an educational series on hospital finance to help Texas hospitals better understand and advocate for a fair and equitable system of hospital financing.
    Read More
Recent White Papers

The Texas Hospital Association often publishes white papers on issues affecting Texas hospitals and the health care of Texans.

Texas Medicaid in Perspective: Texas Medicaid, operated in partnership with the federal government, serves primarily low-income pregnant women and children but also individuals with disabilities and older adults. Learn More

2017 Texas Hospitals’ Policy Priorities: Hospitals also are required by federal law to provide, at a minimum, a medical screening to anyone who seeks it and to provide stabilization and treatment services for an emergency medical condition, regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. Learn more

Hospital Financing Overview: This document is intended to provide a high-level overview of the hospital financing system in Texas and the challenges that exist – challenges that threaten hospitals’ continued ability to provide the highest quality care for all Texans. Learn More

1115 Medicaid Transformation Waiver: Learn how the Transformation Waiver is making health care in Texas more effective and efficient and why renewal is so important for Texas hospitals. Learn more

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The Texas Hospital Association would like to hear from both its members and from the public for whom Texan hospitals and health systems work to keep healthy.

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