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academy
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LEGISLATIVE
ALERT:
MEDICAID
ICM
MODEL
IN
DANGER
Act
now
to
implement
Medicaid
Integrated
Care
Management
model
The
Integrated
Care
Management
(ICM)
model
for
Medicaid
legislation
─
House
Bill
1771,
and
accompanying
budget
rider,
are
in
peril.
To
save
this
important
piece
of
legislation
please
call
Lt.
Gov.
David
Dewhurst
immediately
and
ask
him
to:
-
Advance
HB
1771
by
Rep.
Dianne
Delisi
(R-Temple)
and
Sen.
Jane
Nelson
(R-
Lewisville)
to
establish
ICM
in
the
state’s
urban
areas,
and
-
Support
the
ICM
appropriations
rider.
Without
support
from
the
Lieutenant
Governor,
ICM
will
die
in
the
Senate.
Please
contact
Lieutenant
Governor
Dewhurst
today
and
ask
him
to
support
the
ICM
model.
click
here
for
more
and
talking
points
Conference
Committee
Set
for
Tax
Bill
Deliberations
Contact
conferees,
ask
that
they
maintain
credits
for
physicians
Lt.
Gov.
David
Dewhurst
has
appointed
the
Senate
conferees
for
the
conference
committee
that
will
hammer
out
differences
between
the
House
and
Senate
versions
of
HB
3,
the
tax
bill.
As
it
stands,
both
versions
of
the
bill
contain
credits
for
physicians
who
care
for
Medicaid
and
CHIP
patients.
TAFP
along
with
the
Texas
Primary
Care
Coalition
is
working
to
ensure
that
those
credits
stay
in
the
final
legislation.
The
Primary
Care
Coalition
recently
sent
a
letter
to
the
conferees
stressing
the
need
for
the
credits.
You
can
use
the
model
to
call,
fax
or
e-mail
a
similar
message.
click
here
for
more
and
the
PCC
letter
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