The Texas Health Care Association (THCA) is carefully watching the Texas Legislature regarding Medicaid expansion. Regardless of how the legislature votes, the THCA is concerned about how to maintain access for seniors to quality nursing home care. Medicaid funding levels that adequately support seniors’ nursing home care must be maintained, said President of THCA Steve Graves.<\/p>\n
According to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), the 2014-2015 agency budget calls for a 16.84 percent increase in Medicaid spending. That would be $925 million total, and $372 million in General Revenue (GR), in order to fully over the cost for the approximately 60,000 Texas-based seniors and disabled individuals residing in nursing homes.<\/p>\n
The Texas Health Care Association (THCA) was founded in 1950 as a long-term care association, comprised of most of the state’s licensed for-profit and non-profit assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and specialized rehabilitation facilities. The facilities represented by THCA provide full-time, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Texas Health Care Association (THCA) is carefully watching the Texas Legislature regarding Medicaid expansion. Regardless of how the legislature votes, the THCA is concerned about how to maintain access for seniors to quality nursing home care. Medicaid funding levels…<\/span><\/p>\n