Cap Recap

Cap Recap

Each week during the 2025 session of the Texas Legislature, The Scope’s Cap Recap will take a quick look at the previous week’s most hospital-relevant news under the Pink Dome in Austin.

Cap Recap

Each week during the 2025 session of the Texas Legislature, The Scope’s Cap Recap will take a quick look at the previous week’s most hospital-relevant news under the Pink Dome in Austin.

Facility Fees

Facility Fees

Hospital outpatient clinics receive two different types of payments for the care they provide. Nurses, techs, labwork, hospital infrastructure and more are paid through hospital outpatient payments, known colloquially as facility fees.

Facility Fees

Hospital outpatient clinics receive two different types of payments for the care they provide. Nurses, techs, labwork, hospital infrastructure and more are paid through hospital outpatient payments, known colloquially as facility fees.

Jim Kendrick

Jim Kendrick: Turnarounds and Transformation in Texas Hospitals

With a talent for turning challenges into opportunities, Jim Kendrick takes the helm as the Texas Hospital Association’s 2025 board chair with a bold vision for the future of health care in Texas.

Jim Kendrick: Turnarounds and Transformation in Texas Hospitals

With a talent for turning challenges into opportunities, Jim Kendrick takes the helm as the Texas Hospital Association’s 2025 board chair with a bold vision for the future of health care in Texas.

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News

THA Names Laura Cornelson Vice President of Clinical Initiatives

February 27, 2025

The Texas Hospital Association announced today that Laura Cornelson, MSN, RN, has been named Vice President of Clinical Initiatives. In this new role, Cornelson will oversee the association’s clinical initiatives team and serve as a critical arm of THA’s advocacy policy department.

THA Names New Vice President Ahead of Session

November 7, 2024

The Texas Hospital Association has announced additional new leadership ahead of the 89th Texas Legislative session. THA has selected Will Holleman as its new vice president of advocacy and public policy.

THA Names New Leadership Ahead of the 89th Legislative Session

October 10, 2024

The Texas Hospital Association announced today key leadership changes ahead of the 89th Texas Legislative session.

Events

Hospital Conditions of Participation – Part 5

April 8, 2025, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Governing Body (Board), Medical Staff, Utilization Review This ten-part online seminar series will cover a majority of the CMS Hospital CoP manual – Appendix A. It is an excellent way to educate everyone in your hospital on all the sections of the CMS hospital manual, especially ones that apply to…

Cybersecurity Educational Workshop

April 9, 2025, 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

This event is hosted by the THA, facilitated by the AHA and local FBI, and sponsored by the Partnership for Healthcare and Emergency Management of The Institute for Homeland Security at Sam Houston State University. The full-day workshop begins at 8:00 AM with breakfast, followed by opening remarks. The program…

Hospital Conditions of Participation – Part 6

April 10, 2025, 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement, Discharge Planning This ten-part online seminar series will cover a majority of the CMS Hospital CoP manual – Appendix A. It is an excellent way to educate everyone in your hospital on all the sections of the CMS hospital manual, especially ones that apply to…

We are the Texas Hospital Association

Founded in 1930, the Texas Hospital Association is the leadership organization and principal advocate for the state’s hospitals and health care systems. Based in Austin, THA enhances its members’ abilities to improve accessibility, quality and cost-effectiveness of health care for all Texans. One of the largest hospital associations in the country, THA represents more than 85 percent of the state’s acute-care hospitals and health care systems, which employ more than 400,000 health care professionals statewide.

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