Medicaid Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Council
Overview
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Council, created by House Bill 2636 during the 2011 Legislature, makes recommendations to HHSC on NICU standards and reimbursement through the Medicaid program.
View the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Council Annual Report (PDF)
Members
The council includes health-care providers who serve pregnant women and newborns, with a focus on newborn needs in the NICU, including pediatricians, obstetrician-gynecologists, maternal fetal medicine specialists, neonatologists, children’s hospital representatives, and rural providers.
- Dr. Eugene Toy, Chair – Obstetrician /Gynecologist
- Dr. Emily Briggs – Family Practice physician delivering in a rural area
- Dr. Frank Cho – Neonatologist /Level IIIC NICU
- Dr. Byron Elliot – Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Dr. Angelo Giardino – Pediatrician
- Barbara Greer – Children’s hospital representative
- Dr. Lisa Hollier – Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Dr. Dynio Honrubia – Neonatologist
- Dr. Brenda Morris – Rural hospital representative
- Dr. Jonathan Nedrelow – Neonatologist
- Dr. Shelia Owens-Collins – Level II NICU representative
- Dr. Sanjay Patel – Neonatologist / Level IIIC NICU
- Dr. Joan Richardson – Neonatologist /Level IIIC NICU
- Dr. George Saade – Obstetrician /Gynecologist
- Dr. Michael Speer – Neonatologist
- Dr. Michael Stanley – Pediatrician/Neonatologist
- Steve Woerner – Children’s hospital representative
More Information
For more information about the NICU Council, contact Matthew Ferrara:
Phone: (512) 380-4371
Email:
MCD_NICUC@hhsc.state.tx.us