DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) President/CEO W. Stephen Love was interviewed by D Healthcare Daily Editor Olivia Nguyen for her story posted this morning “TAHP Supports Legislation Against Surprise Medical Billing.” DFWHC and the Texas Association of Health Plans on Wednesday announced its support for Texas Sen. Kelly Hancock’s new bill significantly expanding protections against surprise…
D Healthcare Daily Editor Matt Goodman was on hand for Wednesday’s panel discussion “Transforming Health and Health Care” at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth. The panel included Barclay Berdan, CEO of Texas Health Resources; Stuart Flynn, MD, Dean of TCU and the University of North Texas Health Science Center School (UNTHSC) of Medicine;…
In a story in this morning’s D Healthcare Daily detailing the future of the Affordable Care Act following Donald Trump’s presidential victory in Tuesday’s election, DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love offered his comments. “Throughout the primary and the race for president, Trump repeatedly vowed to repeal and replace Obamacare,” according to the story….
DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) President/CEO W. Stephen Love was interviewed by D Healthcare Daily yesterday during the morning press conference at Parkland Health & Hospital System announcing the infant brain development campaign “Growing Little Minds.” The initiative kicked off this summer in North Texas in an effort to educate new parents on the importance of…
D Healthcare Daily Editor Matt Goodman examined U.S. News and World Report’s annual hospital rankings released this morning, with detail on whether North Texas hospitals were able to reach the top 20. DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love was quoted in the article, “There are many reports published about providers and it is not…
D Healthcare Daily Editor Matt Goodman offered his take on the release of hospital federal safety ratings by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in a story posted yesterday. DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love was quoted in the article, “CMS indicated that approximately 25 percent of hospitals were assigned a star rating…
In a surprising turn-of-events in the conservative state of Oklahoma, leaders are now moving towards a plan to expand its Medicaid program to bring in billions of federal dollars from President Barack Obama’s new health care system, according to Associated Press reports yesterday. Oklahoma has denied expanding the program under Obama’s Affordable Care Act, a…
In a post today in D Healthcare Daily, a new report released by The Commonwealth Fund detailed how evidence is building that the reluctance of Texas lawmakers to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has “left behind millions of low-income Texans.” Released Thursday afternoon, the report delves into the impact of the state not…
The joint venture announced last year between Baylor Scott & White Health and the Tenet Healthcare Corporation has officially closed, linking five hospitals in Dallas County. Baylor Scott & White will retain a majority stake in the hospitals, four of which were owned by Tenet including Centennial Medical Center in Frisco; Doctors Hospital at White…
A study prepared for the DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s North Texas Regional Extension Center (NTREC) by Merritt Hawkins exposing major gaps in Texas’ physician workforce was noted in a story this morning in D Healthcare Daily on the new medical degree program to be offered by the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNT)…