Background Resources
- Regional Healthcare Partnerships Roles & Responsibilities
- News Release on Waiver Approval
- Federal Approval Letter and Documents (PDF)
- Overview of Texas Health Care Transformation Waiver (PDF)
- Budget Analysis (PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Texas Medicaid 1115 Waiver Proposal (PDF)
Former Upper Payment Limit Payments and Intergovernmental Transfers, Fiscal Year 2011
Materials from Aug. 7-8 Regional Healthcare Partnership (RHP) Planning Summit
Webcast Segments:
Presentations:
- Uncompensated Care Protocol, Part 1
- Uncompensated Care Protocol, Part 2
- RHP Plans, CMS Expectations, and Tool Kit Primer
- Institute for Healthcare Quality and Efficiency
- Program Funding and Mechanics Protocol
- RHP Planning Protocol
- Behavioral Health and the Waiver, Part 1
- Behavioral Health and the Waiver, Part 2
- Behavioral Health and the Waiver, Part 3
- Paying for Outcomes – not Performance
- Intergovernmental Transfers
Examples of RHP Planning Protocol sections being negotiated with CMS:
- Project 1.1 – Enhance Primary Care Access
- Project 2.1 – Expand/Enhance Medical Homes
- Behavioral Health Project Excerpt
Sample materials shared by RHPs:
These can provide ideas to regions about how to organize planning for projects and valuation. These are NOT templates of materials that RHPs are required to submit to HHSC:
- Sample Project and Measure Documentation
- Sample Project Valuation Framework, Part 1
- Sample Project Valuation Model, Part 2
- Sample Project Valuation Model, Part 3
- Sample Regional Newsletter
- Sample Summary-level Project Evaluation Tool
- Sample Category I Project Evaluation Tool
- Sample Category II Project Evaluation Tool
Additional Resources:
- California DSRIP Menu – In 2010, the federal government approved an 1115 waiver in California creating DSRIP on a smaller scale than the Texas plan.