Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital are part of an online autism research initiative, one of the largest autism studies in the U.S.

By Edgar Walters for The Texas Tribune While Texas lawmakers are studying ways to reduce costs in the state’s Medicaid program for the poor and disabled, health insurance companies are making a business pitch. Health plans could save the state roughly $100 million per year, they say, if Texas would give them more freedom to choose… Continue reading Insurers Want More Room for Generic Drugs in Medicaid

By Associated Press, originally published on Modern Healthcare. The country of Brazil and the University of Texas partner to control Zika.

Originally published on Tenet Healthcare.com DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Baylor Scott & White Health and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC) have completed the previously announced joint venture to own five hospitals in North Texas. The facilities included are Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett, Texas Regional… Continue reading Baylor Scott & White Health and Tenet Complete Joint Venture to Own Five North Texas Hospitals

By Traci Peterson, Special to the Star-Telegram for the Star-Telegram ARLINGTON — Phyllis Truitt, 80, knew she needed to find medical care closer to her Arlington home after her husband’s death in September. In the past, the couple had good health and didn’t mind traveling two hours to a familiar hospital in Temple for yearly physicals.… Continue reading New Arlington Health Clinic Designed with Seniors in Mind

By Jenny Deam for the Houston Chronicle More than 88,000 people in the Houston area have lost plans from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas for 2016, potentially cutting off some of the most seriously ill from the top-tier medical care the city has built its reputation on. Last summer, the state’s largest insurance carrier dropped… Continue reading Insurer Cutbacks Squeeze Patients Out Of High-End Care

Shield HealthCare has been a leader in medical supplies for care at home since 1957. Our Registered Dietitians have experience and expertise in pediatric and adult nutrition support in order to: Ensure the right formula and feeding plan for your patient Provide education and support Troubleshoot tube feeding tolerance Communicate directly with the family and the… Continue reading Shield HealthCare Enteral Nutrition Support Program

Houston Tries to Slim Down with Food, Fitness By Laura Ungar and Jayne O’Donnell, for USA Today HOUSTON — This sprawling Southwesternmetropolis used to have a Texas-sized obesity problem, topping the scales as America’s fattest city. And no wonder — healthy food and safe places to exercise were hard to come by for many residents. But an initiative… Continue reading Houston Tries to Slim Down with Food, Fitness

Originally published as Updated: Texas Judge Blocks the State from Implementing Severe Cuts to Services for Disabled Kids by The Quorum Report Calling his courtroom a “way-station” on the path to inevitable appeals, state district court Judge Tim Sulak granted a temporary injunction this afternoon to plaintiffs in a lawsuit over controversial new Medicaid pay rates for… Continue reading Texas Judge Blocks Cuts to Services for Disabled Kids

As State Announces Medicaid Cuts, Access to Care is Already a Growing Problem By Megan Flynn for the Houston Press When the Texas Health and Human Services Commission released its modified Medicaid rate cuts on September 4, they had no effect on Advocate Pediatric Home Care. By then, the home care agency had already laid… Continue reading As State Announces Medicaid Cuts, Access to Care is Already a Growing Problem