Policy Publications
Written testimony submitted by: Christine Yanas, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, Methodist Healthcare Ministries
Written testimony submitted by: Christine Yanas, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, Methodist Healthcare Ministries
Written testimony submitted by: Christine Yanas, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, Methodist Healthcare Ministries
Written testimony submitted by: Christine Yanas, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.
Written testimony submitted by: Christine Yanas, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, Methodist Healthcare Ministries
Fact Sheet on HB 1578
Written testimony by: Sebastien Laroche, Director of Policy & Advocacy, Methodist Healthcare Ministries
Written testimony submitted by: Christine Yanas, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, Methodist Healthcare Ministries
Empowering individuals to manage their health care depends on their ability to obtain, process, and understand health care information, a skill known as health literacy. Regrettably, many Texans lack the knowledge required to effectively manage their health and prevent disease.
Summary of the legislative outcomes resulting from the 86th Texas Legislative Session.
A new State of Texas Children report from Every Texan provides data and policy solutions to state leaders on the state of Texas children.
Testimony submitted to the House Committee on Human Services on HB 1571: Relating to the reimbursement under Medicaid of
local educational agencies for the provision of health care services to students.
Testimony submitted to the House Ways & Means Committee on HB 300: Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for certain family care items
Testimony submitted to the House Select Committee on Health Care Reform on HB 12: Relating to the duration of services provided under Medicaid to women following a pregnancy.
Testimony submitted to the House Select Committee on Human Services on HB 1287: Relating to annually adjusting for inflation
the maximum amount of a motor vehicle excluded in determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Testimony submitted to the House Select Committee on Health Care Reform on HB 1599: Relating to implementation of an
express lane option for determining eligibility and enrolling certain individuals in Medicaid or the child health plan program.
Evaluation guide for report by THIN on Food Bank - Healthcare Partnerships in Texas.
Report from THIN on Food Bank and Healthcare Partnerships in Texas
Fact Sheet: House Bill 1 Health and Human Services Commission, Article II
SENATE BILL 1: General Appropriations Bill - Written Testimony
February 21, 2023
Fact Sheet for Senate Bill 1 – Article II HHSC Strategy G.2.2 – Mental Health Community Hospitals,
Primer created Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute on Tele-behavioral health.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries’ policy priorities for the 87th Legislative Session.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries announced a new partnership with the Texas A&M University School of Public Health to conduct a two-year study of arsenic and other toxic contaminants occurring in residential drinking water within border colonia communities in the Rio Grande Valley.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries' policy priorities for the 88th Legislative Session.
Texans Care for Children created a policy brief identifying best practices on managing challenging student behavior and the social-emotional needs of young students to ensure they are learning in supportive classroom environments; also outline policy recommendations to support these efforts in the 2021 Legislative Session.
From 1995 to 2010, the prevalence of obesity in Texas adults doubled from 15.9 percent to 31.7 percent. With a current obesity rate of 34 percent, Texas has the 19th highest adult obesity rate in the US.
A new State of Texas Children report from the Center for Public Policy Priorities provides data and policy solutions to state leaders on the state of Texas children in Webb County.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries' 2019 Legislative Outcomes & Analyses.
Prepared by Texas Impact for Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.
Prepared by Leighton Ku, Alice Levy and Brian Bruen, Center for Health Policy Research, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University
Center for Public Policy Priorities
Center for Public Policy Priorities
Technical Report prepared for Methodist Healthcare Ministries and Texas Impact Analysis by Billy Hamilton Consulting
A report by Billy Hamilton Consulting analyzing the state and regional impacts of extending Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act prepared for Texas Impact and Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.
Prepared by Texas State Demographer Karl Eschback, Ph.D. for Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.
In the summer of 2015, Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. engaged the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute to review the performance of Bexar County behavioral health systems. These findings are based on reviews conducted in the fall of 2015 and early 2016.
Significant health differences for Blacks and Hispanics in Texas lead to higher health care spending, lost work productivity and a dramatic number of years lost to premature death.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries' 2017 Legislative Agenda challenges Texas policymakers to establish a state where everyone is healthy - mind, body and spirit.
The University of Texas School of Public Health (UTSPH) is using all payer administrative claims and encounter data to compare access and quality measures of Medicaid enrollees to populations with commercial coverage.
As part of the effort to assess and monitor Medicaid performance under capitated managed care, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) contracts with the Institute for Child Health Policy at the University of Florida as the External Quality Review Organization (EQRO) to compare access and quality measures of MCO performance to state and national standards. To complement the work of the EQRO, the University of Texas School of Public Health (UTSPH) is using all payer administrative claims and encounter data to compare access and quality measures of Medicaid enrollees to populations with commercial coverage.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries' 2019 Legislative Agenda challenges Texas policymakers to establish a state where everyone is healthy - mind, body and spirit.
A new State of Texas Children report from the Center for Public Policy Priorities provides data and policy solutions to state leaders ahead of the 2019 legislative session.
Center for Public Policy Priorities
Planning Report for the Redesign of San Antonio State Hospital and Reinvigoration of Behaviora Health Care in South Texas.
Center for Public Policy Priorities
This report is part of the Kids Count project, a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S.
Center for Public Policy Priorities
Center for Public Policy Priorities
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. and Texas Impact
Prepared by Michael E. Cline, Ph.D. & Steve H. Murdock, Ph.D., Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, Rice University for Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.
Prepared by Texas State Demographer Karl Eschbach, PhD for Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.
Center for Public Policy Priorities
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. and Texas Impact
Center for Public Policy Priorities
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. and Texas Impact
Mental Health Care Services Project: Work Session 1 - July 16, 2010
