State health and education officials will join Abbott at 2 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday for an update on efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
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Texas cancels controversial Medicaid contracts after complaints of subjective scoring
“This decision is necessary to ensure the contract award processes are conducted with integrity, fairness and transparency,” a spokeswoman for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission said.
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Coronavirus in Texas
For Texas’ ill and immunocompromised, coronavirus brings a new threat and familiar precautions
“We are perpetually at risk,” said Shelby Chiles of Lewisville, who has a rare autoimmune disease.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Coronavirus in Texas 3/13: Shuttered schools can provide students’ lunches, Texas courts allowed to change deadlines
Our staff is closely tracking developments on the new coronavirus in Texas. Check here for live updates.
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Texas improperly picked winners for contracts worth $10 billion, health insurers argue
More than half a dozen health plans are appealing the contract decisions for STAR+PLUS, the state’s privatized insurance program for elderly, blind and disabled Texans.
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Texas Tribune 10th Anniversary
Tenth Talks: Texas’ health commissioner talks about preparing for the next decade
Watch Dr. Courtney N. Phillips, the state’s health commissioner, talk about some of the challenges for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Phillips’ speech is part of a Tribune series on the next 10 years of Texas.
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Tenth Talks: Dell Medical School’s vice dean talks about fixing health care
Watch Mini Kahlon, the vice dean of the University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School, talk about an opportunity for radical change when it comes to health care. Kahlon’s speech is part of a Tribune series on the next 10 years of Texas.
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Nonprofits claim Texas broke the law by leaving them out of Medicaid contracts
The Houston region’s Community Health Choice and San Antonio’s Community First Health plans are suing the state, saying the law promises them a piece of roughly $10 billion in Medicaid contracts.
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Texas doubled funding for an anti-abortion program. Now lawmakers want to award the money without competitive bidding.
The Texas Pregnancy Care Network, the largest recipient of funding under the state’s controversial Alternatives to Abortion program, is poised to receive millions more under the proposal.
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Families Divided
More than 4,900 migrant kids are living in Texas shelters, but that number is dropping
As of July 18, Texas’ 35 state-licensed shelters had permission to accommodate up to 6,286 children, according to the state health commission. With 4,937 kids living in them, that means they’re at 78% capacity.
