Report shows Medicaid expansion can improve behavioral health care access

03/28/2016

Nearly two million low-income uninsured people with a substance use disorder or a mental illness lived in states that had not yet expanded Medicaid in 2014. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report showing that states can greatly improve access to behavioral health services for residents by expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Substance … Read More

DMN’s Schnurman details numbers on Texas healthcare

03/08/2016

In a column posted this morning in The Dallas Morning News, columnist Mitchell Schnurman examines Texas’ ranking in healthcare quality. The column, titled “Texas health care lags – again,” states “Texas routinely ranks near the bottom on health care quality, and there’s hardly a shrug from the state’s ruling political class.” DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love offers his … Read More

Free seminars on Affordable Care Act set for December

11/25/2015

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Dallas-Fort Worth District Office will hold its annual briefing on the Affordable Care Act during a series of free seminars December 1 in Arlington, December 3 in Dallas and December 8 in Mesquite. The seminars will provide an overview and educate small business owners on the Affordable Healthcare Act. Representatives will also be available to … Read More

Insure Health, Insure Texas!

11/19/2015

With open enrollment through the Health Insurance Marketplace having kicked off November 1, the DFW Hospital Council would like to recommend one of the easiest and most user-friendly sites at http://insurehealthtx.org/. “Insure Health, Insure Texas” is a campaign spearheaded by the Texas Hospital Association and implemented by hospitals with the goal of increasing the number of eligible but currently uninsured … Read More

Obamacare in Texas – Love quoted in Schnurman column

11/17/2015

In the latest Dallas Morning News column by Mitchell Schnurman, DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love is quoted when discussing Texas healthcare “politics.” According to Schnurman, “Texas, with 5 million uninsured, could add a jolt to the ACA numbers, but only if leaders can solve the politics and economics.” Check out the story here.

Love quoted in Schnurman column “The Affordable Care Act passes its checkup”

07/14/2015

In Mitchell Schnurman’s column this morning in The Dallas Morning News detailing the early achievements of The Affordable Care Act, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love offered his opinion on its local success. “The intent of the law is to expand coverage and access in a cost-effective manner, and thus far, that’s been pretty much achieved,” said Love. … Read More

Love discusses healthcare reform “rhetoric” in DMN

07/06/2015

In Mitchell Schnurman’s business column in Sunday’s The Dallas Morning News, DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love commented on healthcare reform in Texas. The column detailed the startling numbers of uninsured residents in Texas and low enrollment numbers on Healthcare.gov. You can read the column here. A podcast accompanying the column is below.

The Golden Hour for Rural Hospitals is Running Out

05/15/2015

Blog by W. Stephen Love, President/CEO, DFW Hospital Council I grew up in rural Virginia. My hometown had less than 1,000 residents and we were thankful for our rural hospital. Rural hospitals today are generally classified into four categories, including Critical Access Hospital (CAH), Sole Community Hospital (SCH), Medicare-Dependent Hospital (MDH) and Rural Referral Center (RRC). With fiscal cliffs and … Read More

Texas battle on Medicaid reform heats up

03/03/2015

With Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick joining 20 Republican state senators in Austin on Monday to announce mandates the Obama administration must meet before lawmakers will consider doing anything with Medicaid, it appears expansion is not even a consideration. DFW Hospital Council President/CEO Steve Love offers his views in this morning’s D Healthcare Daily story. You can read the full article … Read More

Love’s editorial runs in FW Star-Telegram

02/16/2015

In a guest editorial posted in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Saturday, W. Stephen Love discussed the possibility of the collapse of the Affordable Care Act. “In June, the eyes of Texas will be upon the U.S. Supreme Court as it decides the King v. Burwell case,” Love wrote. “We should all be concerned about the result of this lawsuit. … Read More