Hospitals
DSHS Announces Additional Trauma, Stroke Rule Revision Stakeholder Meetings
UPDATED 10/10/2018: The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has scheduled additional stakeholder meetings to review the state rules regarding trauma and stroke designation. These meetings are a continuation of the previous rule review meetings over the past few years and will utilize the following resource documents: TRAUMA STROKE Meetings have been scheduled for Longview,…
Read MoreEducational Opportunity: ICD10 Trauma Injury Coding Course
UTMB is offering an ICD10 coding course September 15-16 in Galveston. The course provides trauma nurses, injury coders, and registrars with the knowledge and tools to ensure accurate and reliable trauma registry ICD10 coding. BROCHURE UTMB Campus, Rebecca Sealy Building 404 8th St. Galveston, TX 77555 September 15 & 16, 2018 (8:00am to 5:30pm) Course…
Read MoreEMS for Children Conducting Survey of Emergency Departments
The Texas EMS for Children Program is currently conducting a survey of emergency departments throughout the state. They are encouraging hospitals to complete the survey online in order to help them collect information on transfer guidelines and agreements. The survey should take 5-10 minutes to complete. To find your hospital, click “Texas” on the drop down menu…
Read MoreASPR Updates Guidance on EMTALA & Disasters
The United States Health & Human Services, Office of the Assistance Secretary for Preparedness and Response, has recently updated their fact sheet on EMTALA and disasters. EMTALA is a federal law that requires all Medicare-participating hospitals with emergency departments to to treat all individuals that come to the ED regardless of the individual’s ability to pay.…
Read MoreOne UT Student's Mission: Train Everyone On Campus How To Save A Life
By NADIA HAMDAN This article appeared on kut.org on February 21, 2018. Three of the deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history have happened in the last five months. The most recent was just last week, when a gunman opened fire at a high school in Parkland, Fla. Seventeen people were killed. It’s easy to feel…
Read MoreTexas Tribune: A shrinking number of rural Texas hospitals still deliver babies.
Across Texas, rural hospitals are facing a difficult decision: Whether to continue delivering babies as the number of births falls and the cost of providing the service rises. BY MARISSA EVANS JAN. 17, 2018 Letha Stokes has a “very, very heavy heart” since Medical Arts Hospital ended its labor and delivery services on Dec. 6. The hospital…
Read MoreGuest Column: Preparing for Harvey in the Coastal Bend
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017, began like any typical day for the staff of Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi – meeting notices and cafeteria menu changes were sent out via email, patients were cared for, staff came and went as scheduled. People along the Texas coast had been watching a tropical depression that had recently…
Read MoreTexas Hospitals Urge Delay or Repeal of Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment Reductions
In July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a rule to implement the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital payment reductions beginning fiscal year 2018 through 2025, as required by the Affordable Care Act. The Texas Hospital Association has called for the repeal or delay the cuts, as Texas hospitals stand to lose about $150 million in federal…
Read MoreSETRAC Coordinating Hospital Staffing Assistance
SETRAC has been asked to develop a strategy to provide needed staffing assistance to healthcare facilities and clinics in and around the Houston area. They have established an online process to allow healthcare providers and staff that wish to assist in this unprecedented response. SETRAC has persons assigned to match volunteers with the needs of…
Read MoreDSHS to Host Stakeholder Meetings to Review Draft Rules
The Department of State Health Services will host stakeholder meetings for review of the Maternal Levels of Care Designation Rules and Centers of Excellence for Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy Designation Rules in Austin, on Wednesday, September 13, 2017. The stakeholder meetings will take place on the DSHS Main Campus at 1100 West 49th Street, M100, Austin,…
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