Rep. Poncho Nevárez Urges Caution Regarding Medicaid Rate Cuts

Austin, TX — Following the Texas Health & Human Services Commission’s announcement that they would hold off on implementing reductions to Medicaid rates for acute therapy services, Rep. Nevárez released the following statement:

“Unfortunately, today was a short lived victory for the home health agencies and our severely disabled pediatric patients. Although HHSC has withdrawn its plan for cuts to acute therapy rates, it is still HHSC’s plan to move forward with the $50 million in rate reductions that were originally discussed.

HHSC has indicated they are bound to the guidelines of Rider 50 in the State Budget and must fulfill the total savings of the $50 million in order to comply with the rider. With that in mind, this proves even further how much we need our leaders in the House and Senate to stand up and redirect HHSC. It is clear that this is a bipartisan issue that we can all agree on must be reassessed. ”