THCA MEDIA COVERAGE

2011 Media Coverage

• Day 31: Texas Nursing Homes Brace for Higher Costs, Sicker Patients - The Texas Tribune - August 31, 2011 (pdf)

• No Clear Signals on Budget, UT/TT Poll Finds - The Texas Tribune - May 23, 2011 (pdf)

• Medicaid Funding on the Line - YNN - May 12, 2011(MPEG Video)

• Budget Cuts to Nursing Homes - FOX 7 Austin - May 2, 2011 (mpeg video)

• Proposed budget cuts carve into Medicaid - KYTX TV - April 18, 2011 (pdf)

• Session '11: Rep. Jim Pitts - Panelists discuss House push for extra $5 billion - KXAN - April 17, 2011 (MPEG video) (Transcript (pdf))

• Session '11: Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst - Panelists discuss Senate's search for extra $5B - KXAN Austin - April 10, 2011 VIDEO: MPEG AVI Transcript

• Health care cuts will leave state in critical condition, foes say - Austin American Statesman - April 9, 2011 (pdf)

• After Years of Cost Cuts, Texas Tries to Find More - New York Times - April 8, 2011 (pdf)

• GOP leadership softens tone on budget proposal - Republicans are raising same concerns that Democrats have - Houston Chronicle - March 29, 2011 (pdf)

• Huge cuts expected for state agencies that help Texans - KEYE-TV - March 17, 2011 (pdf) (click here for video)

• Deal to tap reserves won't do much to avoid cuts - Houston Chronicle - March 17, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes concerned about Medicaid cuts - Brenham Banner-Press - March 10, 2011 (pdf)

• Democrats say new budget would close nursing homes - Houston Chronicle - March 9, 2011 (pdf)

• Faces Behind the Budget Cuts - Millions of Texans stand to suffer from devastating cuts to proven state programs. Here are four of their stories. - Texas Observer - March 9, 2011 (pdf)

• What Makes a Fee a Tax, and Other Crucial Queries - Texas Tribune via The New York Times - March 3, 2011 (pdf)

• CHAMBER NOTEPAD: Deficit decisions impact community - Corsicana Daily Sun - February 27, 2011 (pdf)

• UT/Texas Tribune Poll:  Mixed Signals on Budget Cuts - The Texas Tribune - February 21, 2011 (pdf)

• What if Texas has no nursing home for Mama? - Fort Worth Star Telegram - February 12, 2011 (pdf)

• Texas budget cuts threaten nursing homes - KTRK-TV - February 9, 2011 (pdf) (click here to see video)

• Texas looming health care cuts - Valley Central.com - February 8, 2011 (flash video)

• Proposed Medicaid cuts could threaten Tomball area nursing homes -  yourtomballnews.com - February 7, 2011 (pdf)

• Tribweek:  In Case You Missed It - The Texas Tribune - February 5, 2011 (pdf)

• Feeling the Cuts - The Malakoff News - February 3, 2011 (pdf)

• Babies and grandmas: Who will Texas' Medicaid cuts hurt? All of us - but the oldest and youngest most of all - The Houston Chronicle - February 2, 2011

• Texas Nursing Homes Brace for Medicaid Cuts - The Texas Tribune - February 1, 2011

• Session '11 1/30 onpolitix Panel - YouTube Video from KXAN - January 30, 2011 (Flash Video)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures  - Bloomberg - January 28, 2011 (pdf)

• State budget troubles could close hundreds of nursing homes, industry -  Austin American Statesman blog - January 28, 2011 (html)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures under Medicaid cuts - Longview News - January 28, 2011 (pdf)

• State budget cuts may mean hundreds of nursing homes close, industry warns - Dallas Morning New - January 27, 2011 (html)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - Houston Chronicle - January 27, 2011 (html)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - Austin American Statesman - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures  - KEYE-TV - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - Beaumont Enterprise - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - Corpus Christi Caller - January 27, 2011 (html)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - WFAA-TV - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - KTEN-TV - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - EL Paso Inc - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - El Paso Times - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - Harlingen Valley Morning Star - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing Homes, Advocates Warn of Mass Closures - KRVI-TV - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - Lubbock Avalanche Journal - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - Lufkin Daily News - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - KWES-TV - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - San Antonio Express-News - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - Tyler Morning Telegraph - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - KAUZ-TV - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - KLTV-TV - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Texas Nursing Home Advocates Warn Of Mass Closures - KWTX-TV - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Health Group Says Cuts More Like 33 Percent - The Texas Tribune - January 27, 2011 (html)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures under current budget proposal - KIAH-TV - January 27, 2011 (html)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures - KFDA NewsChannel 10 Amarillo - January 27, 2011 (html)

• Nursing homes, advocates warn of mass closures  - Amarillo Globe News - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Budget worries Texas living centers - Abilene Reporter News - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing home backers decry cut - Austin American Statesman - January 27, 2011 (pdf)

• Budget Shortfall Trickling Down to Nursing Homes - KBTX - January 25, 2011 (pdf)

• Texas considers steep cuts in Medicaid payments - FierceHealthFinance - January 25, 2011 (pdf)

• Proposed Medicaid reimbursement cuts - KFDM - January 24, 2011 (pdf)

• Medicaid cuts frightening nursing home operators - San Antonio Express News - January 22, 2011 (pdf)

• Budget cuts could hurt elderly  - NewsChannel10 - January 21, 2011 (pdf)

• Nursing homes expect 33% Medicaid cuts - KXAN - January 20, 2011 (pdf)

• Legislature Looking at Making Drastic Medicaid Cuts - KAUZ - January 19, 2011 (pdf)

2010 Media Coverage

• Texas leaders tell agencies to find more savings - The Eagle (Bryan-College Station) - December 8, 2010 (pdf)

• The Brief: Top Texas News for Dec. 8, 2010 - Texas Tribune - December 8, 2010 (pdf)

• Texas officials tell agencies to find additional budget cuts - Texarkana Gazette - December 8, 2010 (pdf)

• Texas leaders tell agencies to find more savings - Sherman-Denison Herald Democrat - December 8, 2010 (pdf)

• Texas leaders tell agencies to find more savings - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - December 8, 2010 (pdf)

• Texas leaders tell agencies to find more savings - Amarillo Globe-News - December 8, 2010 (pdf)

• State wants more budget cuts - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - December 8, 2010 (pdf)

• Facing growing budget shortfall, Perry asks agencies for another 2.5 percent -  Longview News - December 8, 2010 (pdf)

• Budget ax chopping even deeper - San Antonio Express-News - December 8, 2010 (pdf)

• $500 million belt-tightening ordered - Houston Chronicle - December 7, 2010 (pdf)

• Texas leaders call for more savings in budget - Abilene Reporter-News - December 7, 2010 (pdf)

• Study: Millions could lose health coverage if Texas opts out of Medicaid - Dallas Morning News - December 3, 2010 (pdf)

• Conservative legislators in Texas seek to opt out of Medicaid - Star Telegram - November 13, 2010 (pdf)

• Senior Advocates Worry About Medicaid - KERA - August 25, 2010 (html)

• Petition urges state leaders to seek more federal money for skilled nursing and rehabilitative care - Star Telegram - August 24, 2010 (pdf)

• Nursing Homes Merit Higher Priority - by Tim Graves and Greg Lentz - Chron.com - July 12, 2010 (pdf)

• Tribblog: State Braces for Medicare Cuts - Elizabeth Titus - Texas Tribune - June 25, 2010 (pdf)

• Column - Tim Graves: Talk to us about eldercare money squeeze. Panhandle faces cuts in Medicare - Amarillo Globe - April 18, 2010 (pdf)

• Graves:  Vulnerable Texans at mercy of worsening Medicare and Medicaid cost squeeze - Austin American Statesman - March 25, 2010 (pdf)

• A Medicaid Mess - The Texas Tribune - March 5, 2010 (pdf)

• Funding woes reduce nursing homes ability to recruit top staff - San Antonio Express-News - February 27, 2010 (pdf)

2009 Media Coverage

• Stop Medicare Cuts - Dallas Morning News - September 21, 2009

• Nursing homes becoming a stop for rehab between hospital, home  Dallas Morning News - April 20, 2009 (pdf)

• Spending bill takes aim at nursing home fire hazards -  Dallas Morning News - April 17, 2009 (pdf)

• Nursing Homes (link to video) and transcript of report (pdf) KTAB News at 6 Abilene

• Medicaid and Nursing Homes (link to video) and transcript of report (pdf) - KTBC-TV Fox  Austin

• Lawmakers hear North Texans' stimulus ideas - Houston Chronicle - March 14, 2009 (pdf)

• Texas nursing homes in a tight fix on Medicaid - Dallas Morning News - March 4, 2009 (pdf)

• Medicaid is a prudent investment - San Antonio Express News Online - March 2, 2009 (pdf)

• Commentary: Economic Stimulus and Medicaid - KERA - March 2, 2009 (pdf)

• Needs of the elderly must be addressed - San Antonio Express-News -  February 28, 2009 (pdf)

• Funding problem ails Texas nursing homes -  Houston Chronicle - February 16, 2009 (pdf)

• Nursing homes hope for boost in funding -  San Antonio Express News - February 16, 2009 (pdf)

• THCA Print Ad - Austin American Statesman - January 27, 2009 (pdf)

• Graves: Investing in Medicaid funding now can save tax dollars later -  Austin American Statesman - January 26, 2009 (pdf)

2008 Media Coverage

• Medicaid rate increase needed - Brownsville Herald - November 2, 2008 (pdf)

• State Representative Kuempel tours nursing facility, discusses long-term care issues - Seguin Daily News - August 29, 2008 (html)

• Kolkhorst visiting area nursing homes - theeagle.com - August 20, 2008 (html)

• Kolkhorst stops by rest home to discuss Medicaid, health care issues - Brenham Banner Press - August 20, 2008 (html)

• Gambling on health care - Shortage closes many state nursing homes - Amarillo.com - August 12, 2008 (html)

• Texas lags behind in Medicaid reimbursements - Story - Video - August 11, 2008

• Senator Kel Seliger Visits Amarillo Nursing Home - Story - Video - August 11, 2008

• Gohmert pressures Bush into repealing cut - News Journal -  Longview - August 5, 2008 (pdf)

• Letters for Sunday - Tim Graves responds to article by Bob Moos -  Dallas Morning News - Business Section -  August 3, 2008 (pdf)

• Senator Duncan Receives Award As Long Term Care Champion - Golden Gazette - Lubbock - August 2008 (pdf)

• Happy bride's big day fulfills a mother's dream - San Antonio Express News - August 3, 2008 (pdf)

• Duncan receives award for helping senior care - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - June 28, 2008 (pdf)

• Rural rest homes in danger of closing due to inability to cover operating costs.  Retama Manor hosts visit of District 43 candidate. - Raymondville Chronicle - June 18, 2008 (pdf)

• Medicare Cuts Threaten Texas Seniors - KUT Austin - June 17, 2008

• Lucio tours La Hacienda Healthcare - State representative addresses nurses' daily wages - Valley Morning Star - June 11, 2008

• Medicare Cuts May Be Coming

  Tuesday, Jun 3, 2008 @04:21pm CST

  Nursing homes throughout the nation are gearing up for possible cuts in Medicare.
  
  Roughly two-thirds of all patients in nursing homes are on Medicare.
  
  A study by the Texas Health Care Association shows that the cuts will cost Texas nearly $50 million. If you break that down by patient, it will be about $10 per patient per day in rural facilities.
  
  Nursing homes in rural areas will be hardest hit. Those with nursing facilities in Texas are also concerned because the Lone Star State ranks 49th in the nation for Medicare reimbursement.
  
  Tim Graves, the President of the Texas Healthcare Association, urges the Bush administration to reconsider moving forward with the budget cuts. - BigCountryHomePage.com - June 3, 2008
   

• Tim Graves, THCA President/CEO "Better Solution Needed" - Sunday Letters to the editor - San Antonio Express-News - May 18, 2008
   

• THCA President/CEO, Tim Graves, discusses Long Term Health Care - CBS19 Tyler - May 13, 2008
   

• Central Texas Reaction to President Bush's Budget Proposal - KUT Austin - February 4, 2008

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