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Texas Hospital Association
September 17, 2026
2 min read

Texas hospitals secure hard-fought $12B Medicaid victory for patients

After months of uncertainty and escalating concern, Texas hospitals hailed a major breakthrough today, with Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement of federal approval of $12 billion in critical Medicaid funding for Texas patients and hospitals.
Elderly woman in a floral shirt sorting pills into a weekly pill organizer at a table full of medications and boxes.
September 8, 2026
4 min read

The Patients Who Go Home Alone

Texas hospitals need accountable human capacity for Medicare patients during the most fragile 30 days after discharge, built around the teams they already have.
Texas Hospital Association
September 1, 2026
2 min read

How Will Lack of Federal Medicaid Action Hurt Texans?

Texas hospitals are confronting an escalating funding crisis as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is refusing to approve critical Medicaid directed payment programs (DPPs) and threatening to disrupt funding for state fiscal year 2027.
Texas Hospital Association
May 8, 2026
4 min read

Insurance Companies Shift Healthcare Costs to Patients

The cost of health care in America is unsustainable. Patients feel it, hospitals see it and policymakers are under pressure to act.
March 26, 2026
2 min read

The Evolution of Patient Discharge Carts

Why should your hospital use CarryAll patient discharge carts? Because they significantly cut time and labor costs, have lots of storage space, don’t need repairs, don’t get stolen, give you a quick return on investment and have a 12-year unconditional warranty. It has taken some 30+ years and five different models to evolve the patented CarryAll patient discharge cart that…
March 17, 2026
5 min read

Rebuilding the Anesthesia Workforce from Within

This article is sponsored by the Anesthesia Remediation & Reentry Program. This article does not necessarily speak to or reflect policy positions of THA. The signs are everywhere. A surgeon’s elective caseload quietly shrinks; profitable service line stalls, and patients are repeatedly rescheduled. For a growing number of Texas hospitals, this is not a theoretical risk. It is the daily…
Acadian Ambulance Service
October 28, 2025
3 min read

Streamlining Patient Discharges: How RAPTR Saves Time & Money

Acadian Ambulance Service is proud to launch a new integrated online portal system for hospital partners to order medical transportation.
October 14, 2025
4 min read

Rethinking the Hospital Workforce: Beyond Staffing, Toward Strategy

Hospitals across Texas and beyond are navigating one of the most complex workforce landscapes in history. As labor shortages persist, rising costs and increasing patient demand have forced leaders to think differently about how to staff their hospitals. For many, contingent labor has been a lifeline to cover gaps. But the bigger opportunity is in shifting the focus from simply…
October 1, 2025
3 min read

Mergers, Medicaid & the Math Behind Rural Hospital Endurance

Declining reimbursements, workforce shortages, and policy shifts have caused many hospitals to operate at a loss. With fewer mission-driven partners available to help, these organizations are left with limited options. Some may need to make difficult decisions like service and staff reduction, bankruptcy or cease all operations. The Medicaid Maze and Rural Hospital Vulnerability The Big Beautiful Bill Act introduced…
September 29, 2025
4 min read

Turning Coverage Gaps into Sustainable Solutions

Hospitals across the state know the story: a physician leaves, consults back up, patients wait, and transfers rise. Locums fill shifts at a high cost, but continuity suffers, and sustainable solutions remain elusive. This is no longer the exception – it’s the reality. From rural facilities to urban systems, specialty shortages in areas like neurology, psychiatry, and heme/onc are reshaping…