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Texas comptroller increases state revenue projection in advance of 88th Texas Legislature
By Jonathan Nelson
As Texas lawmakers prepare for the 88th Texas Legislature scheduled to begin January 10, 2023, they will have an estimated $27 billion in extra revenue to spend, according to a letter to state leadership last week from Comptroller Glenn Hegar. On top of that, the state’s “rainy day fund” will have swollen to $13.6 billion when the Legislature convenes, an increase of $3.5 billion since the comptroller’s last report. Inflation on consumer goods and high prices for oil and gas have led to unprecedented revenues from sales taxes for the state.
The July 14 letter detailed a revision to the comptroller’s Certification Revenue Estimate, which is presented to the Legislature in advance of each regular legislative session.
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The clock is winding down on the Texas Legislature
The clock is winding down on the Texas Legislature
posted 5.27.15
With less than a week left in the 84th Texas Legislature, many bills TAFP has been tracking have passed the House and the Senate … more
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CAPITOL UPDATE: Senate passes bill to increase residency slots
Capitol Update: Senate passes bill to increase residency slots
posted 04.24.13
The Senate passed legislation last week proposed by Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, that will strengthen the … more
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2 percent Medicare cut went into effect April 1: Novitas answers your questions
2 percent Medicare cut went into effect April 1: Novitas answers your questions
posted 04.03.13
Because Congress failed to reach a budget deal to block the Budget Control Act’s sequestration cuts, … more
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CAPITOL UPDATE: House, Senate lay out base budgets
Capitol Update: House, Senate lay out base budgets
posted 01.24.13
Both the House and the Senate laid out their versions of the budget last week, each maintaining spending at about the same … more
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Family physicians face uncertainty from SGR, budget deliberations
Clock ticking on Congress to act on Medicare SGR, federal budget
AAFP urges members to tell lawmakers to spare family medicine
posted 12.6.12
Family physicians once again face uncertainty … more
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Medicare to cut physician pay by 21.3 percent unless Congress acts
Medicare to cut physician pay by 21.3 percent unless Congress acts
posted 05.27.10
Physician fees for Medicare services will be slashed by 21.3 percent on June 1 unless both houses of Congress … more
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Final budget plan cuts $64 million in physician payments for Medicaid and CHIP
Final budget plan cuts $64 million in physician payments for Medicaid and CHIP
posted 05.24.10
The results are in. After asking all state agencies to submit plans to reduce their spending by 5 … more
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Congress to delay Medicare pay cut until April 30
Congress to delay Medicare pay cut until April 30
posted 03.18.10
For the third time in the last four months, congressional lawmakers have postponed a scheduled 21.2 percent cut in physician … more
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Addressing primary care access begins with the workforce
By now, it’s common knowledge that Texas faces a growing shortage of primary care physicians. We currently have approximately 18,000 primary care physicians to care for more than 25 million Texans, an unfavorable ratio that will worsen as fewer medical students choose to enter primary care fields and as the population continues to balloon at both ends of the age spectrum.
In an op-ed published Feb. 10 in the Houston Chronicle, Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, wrote about this dire need to address primary care access in Texas, acknowledging that the non-emergency medical services and coordinated care primary care physicians provide for their patients has been shown to increase quality and efficiency, and lower costs.
She has worked with TAFP and other stakeholders over the last decade to build the primary care workforce to improve the health of Texans and make health care costs sustainable for our state, and last session authored a comprehensive package of reforms to the state’s health care delivery system that aims to improve quality and efficiency in the health delivery system by testing and implementing various performance-based payment methods that provide incentives for improved patient outcomes.
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