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  • End of Session Report

    Read About How Texas Hospitals Fared During the 2019 Legislative Session.

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  • 2018 THA Foundation Year in Review

    Learn more about THAF as a partner in improving care.

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  • Texas Trauma Hospitals

    Learn about the issues Texas trauma hospitals are facing now.

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  • Vital Signs Texas

    Demonstrating the impact hospitals have in their communities.

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  • Hospital Finance

    Learn how Texas hospitals get paid

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Advocacy

Advocacy

In this episode of THA's Capitol Update, Lance Lunsford, senior vice president, strategic communications, and John Hawkins, senior vice president, advocacy and public policy, discuss how recently passed state surprise billing legislation can serve as a model for federal legislation being debated in Congress.

2019 Legislative Session
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Read the March/April issue of Texas Hospitals Magazine

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Texas Hospitals magazine
In the March/April 2019 issue of Texas Hospitals magazine: Hospitals and communities find ways to cope as the state’s capacity to care for behavioral health patients continues to be strained.

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Recent News & Issues

Caravan Health and Texas Hospital Association Team Up to Improve Patient Care Through Texas’ First Statewide Accountable Care Organization

(June 4) Today, the Texas Hospital Association and Caravan Health introduced a new partnership for Texas hospitals in their missions to improve patient care and achieve financial stability. Through the new collaborative, THA and Caravan Health will launch Value TX Health, a statewide clinically integrated network ...

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Texas Legislature Passes Bill to Support Hospitals in Quality Improvement Work

Texas Hospitals Support Efforts to Align Health Care Reporting Requirements

(May 23) The Texas Legislature yesterday passed legislation to simplify and align reporting requirements for health care-associated infections to promote Texas hospitals’ ongoing work to improve the quality of care delivered in its facilities ...

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Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Law To Ensure Access To Care During A Disaster

Texas Hospitals Applaud Efforts to Expand Liability Protections for Volunteer Health Care Providers

(May 22) After unanimously passing both the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) this week signed into law legislation to ensure Texans’ timely access to essential health care services during a natural or manmade disaster ...

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Texas Legislature Passes Model Legislation To Eliminate Surprise Medical Bills For Texas Patients

Texas Hospitals Support the Patient-Friendly, Free-Market Solution

(May 22) Texas patients no longer will receive surprise bills for out-of-pocket costs for emergency or unplanned health care services as the Texas Legislature yesterday passed patient-friendly and free-market legislation to end surprise medical billing ...

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Ted Shaw Blog
  • Protecting Patients From Surprise Medical Bills
    • 4/12/2019 9:06:00 AM
    Patients should never be surprised by unexpected bills for out-of-pocket costs for emergency or unplanned health care services. That seems straightforward enough. Yet, increasingly they are on the rec...
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  • Stay Connected with THA's Legislative Session App
    • 12/21/2018 9:19:00 AM
    Stay connected during the 86th Texas Legislative Session by downloading THA’s newest app to your IOS or Android device. Just search “THA Legislative Session App” in the Apple App Store or Google Pl...
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  • 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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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’ 2019 Federal Policy Priorities: Texas hospitals work closely with the U.S. Congress to advocate for financial stability and regulatory relief. Learn more about hospitals’ federal policy priorities. Download

Texas Hospitals Focus on Maternal and Newborn Health: Promoting the health of mother and babies is a priority for Texas hospitals. Learn more about the policy requirements and proactive steps hospitals have implemented and taken to support this goal. Download

Hospital Payment Sources: While they serve diverse communities across the state, Texas hospitals are unified under one core mission: providing the highest quality care to every Texan in need. Fair and equitable payment is critical to achieving this goal. This document provides an overview of the major sources of hospital payments and why reimbursement often is insufficient. Download

Implementing Texas’ New DNR Law: Hospital and Patient Impact: THA is working with all our members to ensure compliance and to identify areas where the law needs improving to better protect patients’ rights and preserve physicians’ ability to practice medicine. Download
Contact Info

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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.

Ted Shaw Blog
  • 4/12/2019
    Patients should never be surprised by unexpected bills for out-of-pocket costs for emergency or unplanned health care services. That seems straightforward enough. Yet, increasingly they are on the rec...
    Read More
  • 12/21/2018
    Stay connected during the 86th Texas Legislative Session by downloading THA’s newest app to your IOS or Android device. Just search “THA Legislative Session App” in the Apple App Store or Google Pl...
    Read More
  • 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
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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