Reports and Presentations

Presentation to the Texas House of Representatives Human Services Committee on the 1115 Transformation Waiver status, implementation status of HB 133 (87R) and HB 2658 (87R), and overview of IDD Medicaid Waivers and Rider 30 update (SB 1, 87R).

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.

This presentation provides an overview of HHS's mission, vision, organizational structure, and key functions. It covers key budget drivers and a summary of Senate Bill 1. It also summarizes the agency's exceptional item requests as well as caseload and cost growth trends.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Texas Women’s Health Programs Report Fiscal Year 2018 provides a summary of program enrollment, service utilization, and cost savings for the Healthy Texas Women and Family Planning programs. Click here for the report appendices.

The report provides enrollment information on the waiver slot enrollments appropriated for the HCS program for the Promoting Independence Initiative and identifies actions necessary for HHSC to reach waiver enrollment targets for fiscal years 2018 and 2019.