“By partnering with our local community health clinics, who already had infrastructure and resources in place for service and delivery of health care, we leveraged both what they can provide and what we can provide into more than either one of us could do our own.” Bell County Judge David Blackburn The Bell County Indigent Health Care Collaborative received an … [Read more...] about Bell County Indigent Health Care Program Earns National Achievement Award
County Indigent Health Care Program
Indigent Health Care
County-Run Programs Provide Basic, Optional Services
The Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act of 1985 found in Chapter 61 of the Health and Safety Code requires counties that are not completely covered by a hospital district or public hospital to provide basic health services to indigent residents through a county-run County Indigent Health Care Program (CIHCP). Texas is home to 113 county-administered CIHCPs that cover … [Read more...] about Indigent Health Care
Indigent Health Care
County-Run Programs Provide Basic, Optional Services
The Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act of 1985 found in Chapter 61 of the Health and Safety Code requires counties that are not completely covered by a hospital district or public hospital to provide basic health services to indigent residents through a county-run County Indigent Health Care Program (CIHCP); Texas is home to 143 county-administered CIHCPs. On Sept. 1, … [Read more...] about Indigent Health Care
County Indigent Health Care Q&A: Part 2
Editor’s Note: Our March issue covered the background of county indigent health care, patient eligibility, and county jail inmates. The following completes our two-part series. In 1985, Rita Kelley was serving as the regional planner of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services for the seven-county Central Texas Council of Governments (CTCOG) region. In June of that year, Walt Reedy, … [Read more...] about County Indigent Health Care Q&A: Part 2
Bee County Inmate/Indigent Health Care
Fine-Tuned Process Maximizes Cost Savings
When Bee County Judge Stephanie Moreno was appointed in 2015, one of her chief priorities was to address the burgeoning, and seemingly uncontrollable, cost of inmate health care. “It was the first task I attempted to resolve when I took office because we had essentially no control over this expense, Moreno recalled. The County Judge spearheaded a process to qualify inmates as … [Read more...] about Bee County Inmate/Indigent Health Care