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Under the ACA, hospitals agreed to forgo an estimated $232 billion in government payments over the first 10 years of the law, including DSH payments covering the poor and the annual Medicare payment raises. [read post]
10 Dec 2016, 8:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Abbott and his DSHS appointees have now prioritized reacting to the heroin crisis, andSimilarly, the Lege has an opportunity this session to rein in asset forfeitures by law enforcement which are unrelated to a criminal conviction. [read post]
1 Nov 2016, 8:02 am by Debra A. McCurdy
CMS recently finalized the federal share disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for federal fiscal year (FY) 2014 and announced preliminary federal share DSH allotments for FY 2016. [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 2:06 pm by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
DSHS will focus its efforts on core public health functions, and DFPS will focus on prevention and protective services. [read post]
22 Aug 2016, 5:19 am by Debra A. McCurdy
CMS has proposed regulatory changes to specify that the hospital-specific limitation on Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments is based on uncompensated care costs net of third-party payments received. [read post]
10 Aug 2016, 5:09 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The final rule addresses, among many other things: changes to IPPS MS-DRG classifications and recalibration of relative weights; new technology add-on payment applications (CMS did not adopt a proposal to discontinue in-person new technology town hall meetings); rate-of-increase limits for certain hospitals excluded from the IPPS that are paid on a reasonable cost basis; and distribution of almost $6 billion in Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments (with certain changes… [read post]
29 Jul 2016, 10:00 pm by Coral Beach
“(The company must) provide DSHS full access to the Brenham facilities for purposes of collecting ingredient, finished product, or environmental samples,” the agreement states. [read post]
29 Jul 2016, 5:13 pm by Bill Marler
Blue Bell must continue to notify DSHS of any presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes in ice cream, ingredients, food surfaces, machinery and other equipment in its Brenham plant. [read post]
29 Jul 2016, 3:03 pm by Denis Stearns
Blue Bell must continue to notify DSHS of any presumptive positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes in ice cream, ingredients, food surfaces, machinery and other equipment in its Brenham plant. [read post]
11 Jul 2016, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
The national group, Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, says in 2013 a Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) manager responded in writing about raw milk couriers and said they were good to go. [read post]
20 Jun 2016, 10:01 am by Reproductive Rights
ACLU of Texas (June 15, 2016), t ACLU of Texas Demands DSHS Stop Concealing Abortion Statistics, by Anna Núñez The Texas department of State Health Services has gathered abortion statistics for 2014, after the passage of the restrictive HB2, which... [read post]
13 May 2016, 5:41 am by Joy Waltemath
The employer further violated the NLRA by threatening the employee with unspecified reprisals if she failed to comply with the directive, and by disciplining the employee for engaging in the protected conversation in the first place (NC-DSH, LLP dba Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, May 10, 2016). [read post]
5 May 2016, 10:13 am by Debra A. McCurdy
In addition, CMS addresses, among many other things: proposed changes to MS-DRG classifications and recalibration of relative weights, new technology add-on payment applications, rate-of-increase limits for certain hospitals excluded from the IPPS that are paid on a reasonable cost basis, and distribution of Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments. [read post]
Uncompensated care payments For FY 2017, CMS proposes to use data from three cost reporting periods instead of one to calculate Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, and proposes to apply a proxy to estimate Medicare SSI inpatient days for Puerto Rico whose residents are not eligible for SSI. [read post]
2 Apr 2016, 10:14 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
  Major Provisions of HHS Transformation Legislation Reorganizes the HHS System, consolidating client services, regulatory functions, and residential facility operations at HHSC Focuses DSHS on public health functions and DFPS on protective services functions Transfers vocational rehabilitation programs from DARS to the Texas Workforce Commission Creates a Transition Legislative Oversight Committee (TLOC) to provide guidance to the Executive Commissioner on the HHS system… [read post]
12 Mar 2016, 10:09 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
The core functions are: Medical and social services Regulatory services Facility operations Public health services at DSHS Protective services at DFPS The plan also has sections dedicated to administrative supports for those core functions: Information technology System support services Internal audit Communications, press relations, stakeholder and government relations and ombudsman functions Financial services Legal services Procurement and contracting services The transition plan will be… [read post]
3 Feb 2016, 4:39 am by Debra A. McCurdy
CMS has published the final fiscal year (FY) 2013 and preliminary FY 2015 disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments, along with final FY 2013 and preliminary FY 2015 limitations on aggregate DSH payments that states may make to institutions for mental disease and other mental health facilities. [read post]
29 Nov 2015, 3:12 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
  The DSHS Vital Statistics Unit is hosting their 61st Annual Vital Statistics Conference Dec. 9-11 at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin. [read post]