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AUSTIN – HHSC has selected members to serve on three new advisory committees created by the 2011 Texas Legislature. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Council, the Quality-Based Payment Advisory Committee and the Physician Payment Quality Committee will help improve Medicaid services and reform the payment system.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Council will advise HHSC on standards for neonatal intensive care units and on the development of an accreditation process for a neonatal intensive care unit to receive Medicaid payments. The council was authorized by House Bill 2636, and the members will be:
Dr. Eugene Toy, obstetrician-gynecologist in Houston
Dr. Emily Briggs, family practice physician in New Braunfels
Dr. Travis Carroll, neonatologist in Lubbock
Dr. Frank Cho, neonatologist in Austin
Dr. Byron Elliott, maternal-fetal physician in Austin
Dr. Angelo Giardino, pediatrician in Houston
Barbara Greer, hospital administrator in Fort Worth
Dr. Lisa Hollier, maternal-fetal physician in Houston
Dr. Dynio Honrubia, neonatologist in Edinburg
Dr. Brenda Morris, neonatologist in Tyler
Dr. Sheila Owens-Collins, neonatologist in San Antonio
Dr. Joan Richardson, neonatologist in Galveston
Dr. George Saade, obstetrician-gynecologist in Galveston
Dr. Michael Speer, neonatologist in Houston
Dr. Michael Stanley, neonatologist in Fort Worth
Steve Woerner, hospital administrator in Corpus Christi
Dr. Jonathon Nedrelow, neonatologist in Fort Worth
The Quality-Based Payment Advisory Committee will advise HHSC on performance and standards and outcomes measures for Medicaid and CHIP. The committee was authorized by Senate Bill 7, and the members will be:
Dr. Mary Peterson, pediatrician in Corpus Christi
Trey Berndt, consumer representative in Austin
Dr. Jorge Blanco, obstetrician / gynecologist in Odessa
Dr. Glenda Coleman, internist and geriatric physician in Houston
Dr. Barry Lachman, pediatrician in Dallas
Susan Mellott, Advisory Panel on Health Care-Associated Infections and Preventable Adverse Events, Houston
Dr. Tom Parker, internist and family physician in Austin
Dr. Hanoch Patt, pediatrician in Austin
Dr. Robert Stephens, pediatrician in Seguin
Dr. Jonathon Thoppil, obstetrician / gynecologist in Austin
Dr. Roland Walters, internist and family physician in Houston
Dr. Stephen Whitney, pediatrician in Houston
Dr. Jonathan Williams, long-term care representative in Burkburnett
The Physician Payment Quality Committee will use national guidelines to help determine the 10 most overused or unnecessary services in Texas Medicaid. State law directs HHSC to decrease Medicaid payments for services that should not be provided. The committee was authorized by House Bill 1, and the members will be:
Dr. David Palafox, El Paso
Dr. Joane Baumer, Fort Worth
Dr. John Janes, Round Rock
Dr. Alfred Knight, Temple
Dr. Isabel Menendez, Portland
Dr. Fausto Meza, Edinburg
Dr. Bruce Meyer, Dallas
Dr. Michael Stanley, Fort Worth
Dr. Jerald Zarin, Houston
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