Reports and Presentations

Note: These files are in PDF format unless otherwise noted.

September 5, 2023

Biannual Report on Initiatives to Reduce Avoidable Emergency Room Utilization and Improve Health Outcomes in Medicaid

Fourth biannual report to provide an overview of HHSC’s efforts to coordinate with providers to identify and implement initiatives designed to reduce Medicaid recipients’ use of emergency room services as a primary means of receiving health care benefits and HHSC’s efforts to encourage Medicaid providers to continue implementing effective interventions and best practices that were developed and achieved under the DSRIP program.

November 10, 2022

Funding Impacts of the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program Transition

This report summarizes the transition of directed payment programs from the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program. It also lists five recommendations for financial stability throughout the DSRIP transition.

December 9, 2021

Biannual Therapy Access Monitoring Report - December 2021

The twelfth report for December 2021 with analysis of selected data related to pediatric acute care therapy services including physical, occupational, and speech therapies) and assessment of impact on access to care.

September 4, 2019

Health and Human Services Commission and Department of Justice State Supported Living Center Settlement Agreement, 2019

HHSC is committed to improving the quality of life for individuals with intellectual disabilities who reside at the SSLCs. This report highlights ongoing efforts as of August 2019 to achieve targeted improvements in services and supports provided to enhance compliance with the DOJ settlement agreement.

Rider 159 Annual Performance Report for the Prescription Drug Rebate Program, 2019

The report includes the prescription drug rebate outstanding principal and interest amounts, age of receivables, annual collection rates, billed amounts, dollar value of pricing and utilization adjustments, and dollars collected. This report includes a separate prescription drug rebate collection report for each managed care and fee-for-service rebate program.

August 29, 2019

Rider 207 - Community Attendant Recruitment and Retention Strategies, 2019

The 2019 Rider 207 report details the agency’s latest data on the direct care workforce and related topics, provides status updates on strategies that were mentioned in the 2018 report, and discusses additional potential strategies that were not mentioned in the 2018 report.

August 22, 2019

2019 Annual Report on the Screening of Offenders with Mental Illness

The report summarizes the exchange of information between agencies to support continuity of care services for individuals with mental illness involved in the criminal justice system; and supplement local post-booking jail diversion activities.

July 31, 2019

Evaluation of Rural Hospital Funding Initiatives

The report provides an evaluation of Medicaid funding initiatives for rural inpatient and outpatient hospital services, including the percentage of estimated allowable hospital cost reimbursed by payments for services provided to managed care clients; the percentage of wrongful denials; the average wait time for final payment; and any remedies taken to improve compliance of vendors.

February 4, 2019

Postpartum Depression Among Women Utilizing Texas Medicaid, 2019

This report examines the frequency of pregnancy-related depression among women with a Medicaid-paid delivery, the frequency of pregnancy-related depression screening by Medicaid and Women's Health providers, the utilization of services and onset of treatment for pregnancy-related depression, and Medicaid costs during fiscal year 2016.

January 14, 2019

State Owned Housing Report, 2018

This report provides the the estimated fair market rental value of housing supplied by the agency and the amount of revenue recovered during fiscal year 2018.