Priority State and Federal Issues for Texas Rural Hospitals
Click here for a one-page handout of TORCH's legislative priorities.
For detail on these rural hospital issues and other concerns of Texas rural hospitals, please click here.
- Medicaid Payments to Rural Hospitals – Realize the intent of state statute (SB170) that requires cost-based reimbursement to rural hospitals in Medicaid (traditional and managed care, inpatient and outpatient)
- Obstetrics – Increase targeted Medicaid rate enhancement for deliveries at rural hospitals
- Workforce – Increase appropriation and annual payment amounts for health care professional loan repayment programs based on health professional shortage area score
- Behavioral Health – Increase state funding to ensure timely and appropriate access to inpatient and outpatient, community-based services and supports for Texans with a behavioral health diagnosis
- Trauma – Maintain consistent funding for the state’s trauma care network and allow flexibility for low volume (level 4) centers specific to trauma coordinator staffing
- Telehealth – Support the implementation of Medicaid telehealth legislation (HB4) from prior session
- Broadband – Ensure new funding and office are making progress in the most geographically isolated areas of Texas
Click here for a one-page handout of TORCH's legislative priorities.
For detail on these rural hospital issues and other concerns of Texas rural hospitals, please click here.
