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Texas Hospital Association Announces Annual Award Recipients
September 22, 2026
The Texas Hospital Association announced its annual award winners during the THA Annual Conference in Fort Worth. The awards presented at this year’s annual THA Conference include THA’s Bill Aston Award for Quality, Excellence in Community Service Award, Pioneer Award and HOSPAC Star Award.
Texas hospitals secure hard-fought $12B Medicaid victory for patients
September 17, 2026
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.
How Will Lack of Federal Medicaid Action Hurt Texans?
September 1, 2026
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.
Insurance Companies Shift Healthcare Costs to Patients
May 8, 2026
The cost of health care in America is unsustainable. Patients feel it, hospitals see it and policymakers are under pressure to act.
What’s the Status of Enhanced Premium Tax Credits and Keeping Texans Insured?
January 27, 2026
After critical federal tax credit subsidies expired at the end of 2025, perhaps around 1 million Texans have lost aid that helped make health insurance premiums financially within their reach. Without the subsidies, access to their physician’s care might be out of reach as well.
Who’s to Blame for High Healthcare Costs?
January 22, 2026
Today, two Congressional committees scrutinized the cost of health care, with major commercial health insurers testifying about cost drivers and access challenges. In Texas, hospitals believe insurers should cover the cost of care, not pass that cost along to patients.
THA Statement on Status of Rural Health Transformation Funds
January 12, 2026
In late December the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that Texas is receiving more than $280 million from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program, which is dividing $50 billion across all 50 states. Overall, Texas received $281,319,361 in Rural Health Transformation funds following the November submission of the state’s application, titled Rural Texas Strong.
Keep Texans Insured – for Everyone’s Health
December 11, 2025
It feels a bit like running to stand still. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is now over, but America’s health remains in limbo. With no deal to extend federal tax credits, up to a million Texans are still at risk of losing critical subsidies that help make health insurance premiums financially within their reach. Without the subsidies, access to their physician’s care might be out of reach as well.
Texas Hospital Association Announces Annual Award Winners
September 23, 2025
For the first time in its new September timeslot, the Texas Hospital Association announced its annual award winners during the THA Annual Conference, hosted both virtually and in-person in San Antonio.
THA Issues Statement on Proposed Medicaid Reforms by Congress
May 12, 2025
As Congress continues to contemplate significant cuts to Medicaid funding as part of a larger policy package, the Texas Hospital Association has issued the following statement in response to draft legislation released Sunday evening. The U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee is expected to mark up the legislation on Tuesday.