Contents tagged with health and human services

• HHS: 85% of Medicare payments to be based on value by 2018

  Tags: health and human services, medicare, accountable care organization

  Wednesday, February 4, 2015 1:46:00 PM

  HHS: 85% of Medicare payments to be based on value by 2018

  Announcement signals accelerated shift toward value-based payment reform

  posted 2.4.15

  The Department of Health and Human Services has … more

• Family medicine under the dome in the 83rd Texas Legislature

  Tags: legislature, graduate medical education, workforce, advocacy, health and human services, texas higher education coordinating board, physician education loan repayment program, women's health, texas women's healthcare coalition, department of state health services, mental health, prior authorization, scope of practice, medicaid, affordable care act

  Sunday, August 18, 2013 2:17:00 PM

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  By Jonathan Nelson

  After all the heated controversy and partisan polemics that characterized this summer’s special sessions of the 83rd Texas Legislature, it’s difficult to … more

• Rural family physician appointed to national advisory council

  Tags: health and human services, billings, alpine, sanderson, fort stockton

  Sunday, January 27, 2013 10:00:00 AM

  Rural family physician appointed to national advisory council

  TAFP member Adrian Billings, Ph.D., M.D., has been appointed to the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps by … more

• Legislative Budget Board partially reverses physician pay cut for dual-eligibles

  Tags: medicare, medicaid, legislative budget board, health and human services, texas medical association, saenz, legislature, youens

  Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:52:00 AM

  Legislative Budget Board partially reverses physician pay cut for dual-eligibles

  posted 12.18.12

  After months of rallies, lobbying, and meetings, the Legislative Budget Board has directed the … more

• HHSC delays Medicaid fee increase for now

  Tags: medicaid, medicare, health and human services, affordable care act, texas medical association, sgr, american medical association, patients

  Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:08:00 AM

  HHSC delays Medicaid fee increase for now

  Organized medicine to Washington: Don’t reverse Medicaid bonus

  posted 12.18.12

  The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has postponed the Medicaid … more

• TAFP advocates for physician inclusion in vaccine listing

  Tags: influenza, health and human services, flu, vaccine, immunization

  Tuesday, October 9, 2012 11:09:00 AM

  TAFP advocates for physician inclusion in vaccine listing

  Register your practice as a flu vaccine provider with HHS

  posted 10.09.12

  Together with the Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric … more