Reports and Presentations

Senate Bill 1621, 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019. Required HHSC to develop a strategic plan for improving rural hospital reimbursement through Medicaid. The strategic plan was submitted to all parties on January 1, 2020. The bill also requires HHSC to submit a progress report for that plan every even numbered year.

The Internal Audit Annual Report provides a summary of its 2020 activities which complies with the guidelines set forth by the State Auditor’s Office.

This report is the evaluation of Reimbursement Methodology and Payment Rates for Substance Use Treatment Services. This report presents findings from the evaluation of reimbursement methodology and payment rates for substance use treatment services provided under strategy D.2.4., which include substance use prevention, intervention, and treatment. 

This report gives information on mental health waiting lists during the first two quarters of fiscal year 2020.

This report describes collaborative efforts undertaken by HHS, DSHS, ERS, TDCJ, TRS and the UT HealthScience Center at Houston to develop a data system to support cross-agency quality improvement and value-based healthcare activities, provides initial results and discusses next steps for the initiative.

Annual report on the actual expenditures from the previous fiscal year for all opioid abuse and misuse-related
programs within Texas Health and Human Services.

The Fiscal Year 2021 Coordinated Statewide Behavioral Health Expenditure Proposal provides information regarding behavioral health funding reported from Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council member agencies and institutions of higher education (including Medicaid behavioral health funding).

The plan details 10-year system-wide plan outlining the manner in which the commission intends to transition its information technology and data-related services and capabilities into a more modern, integrated, secure, and effective environment.

The report clearly identifies the unit cost of each service, other than services related to community service volunteering and subsidized employment services, provided by an area agency on aging.

This progress report discusses potential untapped funding sources and other strategies for maximizing funding or cost savings in the Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program.