Reports and Presentations

Sixth 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.

Information and recommendations regarding the most efficient long-term use and management of State Hospitals.

Information and recommendations regarding the most efficient long-term use and management of SSLCs.

This report requires state agencies that pay for the health care of Texans to coordinate data to identify outliers and improvements for efficiency and quality that can be implemented within each health care system.

The following report presents information regarding all tags cited at the Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) level during licensing and certification surveys and complaint or incident investigations performed in nursing facilities during the first quarter of 2024 (01/01/2024 – 03/31/2024).

The 2024-25 General Appropriations Act, House Bill 1, 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023 (Article II, Health and Human Services Commission, Rider 4), directs the Health and Human Services Commission to prepare a report analyzing the costs of state- and federally-funded residential and non-residential services in the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) waiver program, the Texas Home Living waiver program, and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID).

This report evaluates compliance by managed care organizations (MCOs) in allocation of additional funds related to pediatric services and evaluates distinctions in access to care among pediatric age groups, specifically ages 0 to 4 as compared to 5 to 20.

A legislative report is annually submitted by the PANS Advisory Council to the Legislature and Governor for recommendations on education, diagnosis and outreach concerning pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston shall submit annual operating cost to the HHSC for all state contracted inpatient mental health hospital beds funded though Goal D, Additional Health Related Services, and Goal G, Facilities. Click here for Appendix A – Letter Submitted by UTHealth Houston (PDF) and Appendix B – Operational Cost Data Submitted by UTHealth Houston (Excel).

This report is required biennially to discuss the effects of telemedicine, telehealth, and home telemonitoring services on the Texas Medicaid program including number of providers using these services, geographic disposition of these providers, the number of patients treated, the types of services provided, and the cost of utilization.