Medicaid talks in Washington, D.C., measles in West Texas and the usual whirlwind at the Capitol in downtown Austin made the 89th regular session of the Texas Legislature a particularly turbulent one for the Texas Hospital Association and its members. But once again, Texas hospitals emerged from adjournment sine die with a satisfying list of legislative accomplishments and an encouraging…
Following the 2025 Texas Legislature’s adjournment sine die, Texas hospitals are showing abundant signs of life. The Legislature’s usual odd-year lawmaking sprint came to an end Monday after four-and-a-half months in which the Texas Hospital Association had to juggle its usual advocacy at the Texas Capitol with the demands of high-importance discussions in Washington, D.C. The push by congressional Republican…
National Hospital Week is a time to celebrate health care heroes and is a great occasion to recognize the challenges hospitals and clinics face in 2025.
Occasionally – with bad legislation littering the agenda of the Texas Legislature and requiring staunch hospital opposition – the Texas Hospital Association finds itself needled about repeatedly standing against bills, and not being “for” policy initiatives being dissected and deliberated on at the Capitol. In fact, THA is “for” plenty of promising, worthwhile and necessary legislation. And in the 2025…
Updated Apr. 3, 2025: As a new administration and a new Congress get settled, health care implications abound. Here’s what THA is tracking in Washington, D.C., in the early days of 2025.
Talk to Frank Beaman about the latest legislative push to eliminate the way hospital clinics pay for just about every facet of their operation, and it doesn’t take much to get him riled up on the topic. Beaman is the CEO of Faith Community Hospital in Jacksboro, one of hundreds of hospitals and health systems serving rural areas in Texas.…
Each week during the 2023 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.
Updated Feb. 4, 2025. (Originally published Feb. 2024.) For health care facilities all over Texas, a day of reflection on the heroes and the fallen of the COVID-19 pandemic will tap into memories at polar ends – sadness and happiness, inevitable despair and improbable elation. That’s how it is for Sherri Abendroth as her hospital system, DHR Health in the…
Even as modern politics continues to be synonymous with turbulence and even occasional outright wildness, the Texas Hospital Association is pursuing a smooth landing and a sensibly realized bottom line as the 89th state legislative session takes flight beginning today. THA’s intended landing spot: action from the Texas Legislature on a broad range of priorities to help hospitals not only…
Last week’s general election brought clarity for the Texas Hospital Association on what kind of legislative environment THA and other hospital advocates will be navigating both in Austin and in Washington, D.C. – even as the dust continues to disperse in the latter, with some congressional winners still unknown as votes are counted. Here’s a look at what the election…
