September 2021
High-Quality Primary Care in Texas
Primary Care is a common good, which makes strength and quality of the country's primary care services a public concern.
August 2021
August Provides a “Twofer” for Vaccine Information and Education
The Immunization Partnership Staff August is National Immunization Awareness Month and we are featuring a guest blog from The Immunization Partnership, who distributes resources to promote adult and child vaccinations
August 2021
Framework for Medicaid Dental for Adults with Disabilities
This policy brief offers a strategic framework as a starting point for collaborative efforts among the
major stakeholders in the oral health care delivery system in Texas.
June 2021
How Advocates Brought Dental Access to Medicaid Adults
As the executive director at the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities (CTD), I interact with many people with disabilities. Poor oral health is endemic and obvious, particularly among adults with
April 2021
Centering Equity in the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Emerging Strategies for Reaching Communities of Color Nadia Siddiqui, MPHChief Health Equity OfficerTexas Health Institute April is National Minority Health Month, and this year’s theme sponsored by the HHS Office of
February 2021
Regional Sense-Making in Community Health
Translating evidence and ideas, or “sense-making,” is a core competency of Texas Health Institute (THI) as the state’s public health institute. The Community Health team’s work over multiple projects in
February 2021
Cost Savings with Medicaid Dental for Adults with Disabilities
The most recent evidence base suggests significant Medicaid cost savings associated with dental
benefits for adults with disabilities.
January 2021
MSRGN Virtual Winter Meeting 2021
The meeting brought our MSRGN membership together to share progress on 6 initiatives of our new grant cycle to foster state team collaboration and to launch 4 surveys for 3
October 2020
TPCC 8th Annual Summit
The Texas Primary Care Consortium 2020 Virtual Summit included a 4-part series of systems-focused discussions to learn from current experiences and pursue a growth-oriented, forward-looking portrait of primary care in
September 2020
Approach to Protect & Reinvigorate Primary Care in Texas: COVID-19 Webinar
A strong primary care system is fundamental to a strong and high-functioning health system. However, COVID-19 has laid bare the vulnerability of our primary care system and exacerbated the health