2023’s Most and Least Federally Dependent States – WalletHub Study
With the tax filing deadline drawing near but some states receiving far more in federal aid than they pay in taxes, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released updated rankings for 2023’s Most & Least Federally Dependent States, as well as expert commentary. This report illustrates the extent to which states are independent economically. In order to identify which states most and least depend on federal support,...
AG: 2 Indicted In Connection With $6.9 Million Medicaid Fraud And Kickback Scheme
News Release — Aug. 29, 2022 AUSTIN –An investigation by the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the FBI, Department of Health and Human Services – Office of the Inspector General, and Customs and Border Protection has led to charges being brought against two Houstonians for their role in a nearly $6.9 million Medicaid fraud and kickback scheme. Ifeanyi Ndubisi Ozoh, 51, and Rene Fernandez Gaviola, 65, acted as...
HHSC Receives Federal Grant To Expand Fraud Prevention Efforts
News Release Agency Works To Develop Innovative Strategies To Prevent Fraud AUSTIN – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) a federal grant of more than $400,000 to further the agency’s fraud prevention efforts for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). HHSC has prevented the misuse of more than $147 million in public funds since 2017 by identifying...
National Women’s Health Week A Reminder For Women To Get Important Health Screenings
Texas Health And Human Services Hosts Virtual Women’s Wellness Event During May THHS News Release AUSTIN – Texas Health and Human Services is raising awareness of National Women’s Health Week beginning May 8 by encouraging women and girls across the state to take care of their physical and mental health. “We hope to motivate women this week to make time for important health screenings, including mammograms and cervical cancer...
FDA Proposes Product Standards Prohibiting Menthol Cigarettes, Flavored Cigars
Administration Hopes Change Will Help Prevent Youth Use, Significantly Reduce Tobacco-Related Disease and Death US. Food And Drug Administration April 28, 2022 Release Today (April 28, 2022), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing proposed product standards to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in cigars. These actions have the potential...
Social Security Offices To Resume In-Person Services Beginning April 7, 2022
Online, Phone Still Most Recommended Ways To Contact SSA For Assistance, To Schedule Appointments, But Not Required Social Security Administration Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi just announced good news for those individuals in need of assistance from the agency: local officers will be resuming in-person services this week. Social Security Administration logo “I am pleased to announce that local Social Security offices will...
USFDA Authorizes Second Booster Dose Of Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines For Ages 50 And Up And Immunocompromised Individuals
Today (March 28, 2022), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for older people and certain immunocompromised individuals. The FDA previously authorized a single booster dose for certain immunocompromised individuals following completion of a three-dose primary vaccination series. This makes a second booster dose of both vaccines available...
Texas HHS Seeks Entries For Mental Health Creative Arts Contest
NEWS RELEASE – WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1, 2021 AUSTIN – To raise awareness of mental health issues, the annual Texas Mental Health Creative Arts Contest is announcing its call for submissions from Dec. 1, 2021 until March 15, 2022. The annual contest is hosted by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission along with the Texas System of Care and the Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health at the University of Texas at Austin....
DSHS Investigates Rare Human Case Of Rabies In Medina County
Texas Department of State Health Services Friday afternoon, Oct. 29, 2021, announced the department is investigating a case of rabies in a child who was bitten by a bat. The child is a resident of Medina County and is currently receiving care in a Texas hospital. Public health personnel have identified all places where someone could have come into contact with the bat or the rabies patient and directly contacted anyone who may have...
Health And Human Services Commission Expands Outpatient Competency Restoration Services In Texas
Texas Health and Human Services Commission news Release AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission announces $1 million in federal Mental Health Block Grant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration to expand Outpatient Competency Restoration (OCR) services for Texans with mental health and substance use disorders living in mostly rural communities. “With these grant funds, we are improving...
