Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.
March 15 CANCELED
House Committee on Human Services
Charge 2: Managed care in Texas – Medicaid Managed Care history, initiatives of managed care organizations (MCOs) to improve quality and coordination of care, Health and Human Services Commission's (HHSC) oversight of MCOs
- Expansion of Managed Care (Summary, Executive Commissioner's commitment to improving member and provider experience in Medicaid managed care, HHSC updates, STAR+PLUS, STAR Kids, advisory committees, questions and answers on managed care and access to care), Health and Human Services Commission
- Managed Care Service Areas (Map), Health and Human Services Commission
- An Audit Report on the Health and Human Services Commission's Management of Its Medicaid Managed Care Contract with Superior HealthPlan, Inc. and Superior HealthPlan Network, and Superior's Compliance with Reporting Requirements, Texas State Auditor's Office, January 2018
- "How Texas Medicaid Is Failing Children with Disabilities," Austin American-Statesman, November 2, 2017
- Utilization Review in STAR+PLUS Medicaid Managed Care, Health and Human Services Commission, November 2017
- Texas Medicaid Managed Care and Children's Health Insurance Program: Summary of Activities and Trends in Healthcare Quality, Contract Year: 2016, Institute for Child Health Policy at the University of Florida, External Quality Review Organization for Texas Medicaid Managed Care and CHIP, August 2017; Addendum, October 2017
- Demonstrating the Value of Medicaid MLTSS Programs (Survey of Medicaid managed long-term services and supports programs in 12 states, including Texas), National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities, Center for Health Care Strategies, May 2017
- Texas Medicaid Managed Care STAR Child, STAR Adult, and STAR+PLUS Adult Behavioral Health Survey Report, Contract Year 2015, Institute for Child Health Policy at the University of Florida, External Quality Review Organization for Texas Medicaid Managed Care and CHIP, HHSC Approval Date: April 27, 2017
- "Severely Disabled Kids' Lives at Risk, Parents Say, as Texas Enacts Medicaid Cost-Savings Plan" (Including history of STAR Kids), Dallas Morning News, February 20, 2017
- Texas Medicaid and CHIP in Perspective, 11th Edition, Chapter 11: Fee-for-Service and Managed Care (Overview of Medicaid managed care programs: STAR, STAR+PLUS, STAR Kids, STAR Health, children's Medicaid dental services, dual eligible, nursing facility carve-in), Appendix D: Managed Care History in Texas, Appendix E: Managed Care Quality Assurance Reports, Health and Human Services Commission, February 2017
- Review of HHSC's Contract Management and Oversight Function for Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care and Fee-for-Service Contracts, Health and Human Services Commission, February 2017
- Combined Report on Medicaid Managed Care Provider Network Adequacy, Monitoring, and Violations, Health and Human Services Commission, January 2017
- Interim Report to the 85th Legislature (Interim Charge 9B – OIG Sunset implementation, including table of major provisions relating to HHSC Office of Inspector General in SB 200 and SB 207, 84th Legislature, R.S., and discussion of MCO efforts to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid), Senate Committee on Health and Human Service, November 2016
- Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment and Program Characteristics, 2015, Mathematica Policy Research, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Winter 2016
- Medicaid Managed Care in Texas: A Review of Access to Services, Quality of Care, and Cost Effectiveness, Sellers Dorsey, Milliman, Texas Association of Health Plans, February 2015
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 7 – Implementation of legislation in the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session; including discussion of SB 7, Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports Redesign, and Medicaid managed care), Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, 2014
- "Medicaid Roadblocks" (Early history of Medicaid managed care), Texas Medicine, Texas Medical Association, October 2013
- Interim Report to the 83rd Legislature (Charge 2 – Cost containment initiatives, including expansion of managed care), Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, December 2012
