Stotler Hayes Group Attorney, Nathan Peters, presented at the Texas Healthcare Association’s Board of Directors meeting on August 21st, 2019. Nathan shared two updates on how Stotler Hayes Group’s (SHG) Texas-based attorneys are successfully fighting to recover every Medicaid dollar available for our clients, and all Texas providers. SHG attorneys have litigated two major issues […]
Texas on the Verge of Change: CMS Finds State is not in Compliance with Post Eligibility Treatment of Income
The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has found that the Texas Health and Human Service Commission (THHSC) is not properly calculating the post-eligiblity treatment of income (PETI) for institutionalized individuals and certain participants in home and community-based services (HCBS) waivers. If CMS’s finding is upheld, Texas will be required to […]
Resident’s Rights on the Verge of Major Breakthrough in Texas
A Texas resident’s right to deduct incurred medical expenses is on the verge of a major breakthrough in Texas. For years, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (“THHSC”) has failed to recognize well-settled Federal law regarding a resident’s right to apply their patient liability toward uncovered medical expenses incurred prior to qualifying for Medicaid […]
The Texas Nursing Home Quality Act
The Texas Nursing Home Quality Act (SB 1050 and HB 3342) would make Texas a leader in quality-based payments in nursing home care. The pending legislation is designed to bring federal tax dollars back to Texas while providing incentive based additional funding to nursing home facilities. The program differs from the programs in operation in […]
