Jamie Dudensing

CEO @txhealthplans, Mom, @texastech grad, ❤️ National Parks, & believe that @txmedicaidworks

[Michael F. Cannon 🇮🇪🇺🇸 @mfcannon]

In other words, both the No Surprises Act and the Inflation Reduction Act cost significantly more than the official projections indicated.

Neither appears to be delivering the cost-containment supporters claimed.

[Texas Association of Health Plans @txhealthplans]

TAHP CEO @Jdudensing opened #TAHP2025 with a warning: Texas could face major coverage losses if enhanced premium tax credits expire.

[Chancellor Brandon Creighton @CreightonForTX]

I am honored the @TTUSystem Regents have expressed confidence in me and I’m excited about the future of the Texas Tech University System. Texas Tech is the tip of the spear for the future of higher education—leading in academics, athletics, and innovation. The world will continue to see the groundbreaking solutions and unmatched potential coming from this system.
Over the past six years, no university system in Texas has taken more bold steps forward. Serving as Chairman of the Senate Education Committee and the Budget Subcommittee has been the honor of a lifetime—especially to help deliver that success for Texas Tech and its regional universities. I feel very blessed to have been considered for the role of Chancellor. There is no greater purpose I would consider than working to make generational changes that transform the lives of young Texans for decades to come. Chancellor Tedd Mitchell has been an outstanding leader for the system for many years and I look forward to carrying his legacy forward. @TexasTech @AngeloState @MSUTexas @TTUHSC @TTHealthElPaso

[Stan Lambert @RepStanLambert]

This week Team Lambert was visited by the @WeAreSweetwater #futuresweetwater! Thank you @SweetwaterISD for sending these young leaders to the #txlege.

[TCCRI @TCCRI]

Today, discussing artificial intelligence Sen. @PhilKingTX , Sen. @TanParkerTX , Rep. @angelia_orr , Erin McKinney from AWS, Jamie Dudensing @Jdudensing from @txhealthplans , Katharine McAden @kpmcaden from Google, Evangelos Razis from @Workday , and Nestor Rivera from HP.

[Christine Monahan @CMonahan10]

Increasing awareness about the growth in the amount and prevalence of #facilityfee charges is driving states across the country to take action.

Check out @GtownCHIR's latest blog on state legislative reform action so far in 2024: https://t.co/B6LS8E6DbJ

[Ge Bai @GeBaiDC]

Full text of my article @Forbes: Power Belongs To Patients: In Memory Of Marshall Allen

Marshall Allen, a prominent healthcare investigative journalist, author, and educator, passed away on May 19, 2024, at the age of 52. Throughout his illustrious career, he fought for one cause: empowering patients.

Mr. Allen was a reporter for ProPublica from 2011 to 2021. He received the Harvard Kennedy School’s Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Since 2012, he had been teaching at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York.

In 2021, Mr. Allen published his magnum opus, Never Pay the First Bill, to educate patients on how to achieve the best value for their healthcare dollars. The book was a huge success, currently on Amazon’s Best Seller list in consumer guides. In this book, Mr. Allen crystallizes five simple truths:

1. Healthcare Is Paid Solely By Workers and Taxpayers.

The $4.5 trillion and rising pumped into U.S. healthcare each year comes neither from employers nor the government. It comes exclusively from workers and taxpayers. Employers who manage their workers’ health benefits serve as fiduciaries spending the money deducted from workers’ take-home wages. Every dollar spent by government programs is earned by taxpayers, whether deceased, alive, or yet to be born.

2. Patients Are Powerless Because They Do Not Control Their Own Money.

Money is power. Businesses want to make their customers happy, but only if customers control their own money. When patients’ money is controlled by insurance companies or government programs, power abandons patients—they don’t even get to know what the price is. Those who control the money prioritize their own interests, which are rarely aligned with patients’.

3. Healthcare Is A Money-Making Business.

Businesses exist to make money. In the process, they compete to innovate and satisfy customers, benefiting society and growing the economy. However, in healthcare, where policy-induced uneven playing fields and monopolies are common, powerless patients get a bad deal—high spending with little or even negative value.

4. Workers and Taxpayers Deserve A Better Deal.

Wasteful spending in healthcare is Mr. Allen’s enemy, whether it be high prices, administrative complexities, middlemen, fraud, or unnecessary treatments. He believed that the money wasted should have been retained and directed by workers and taxpayers themselves for more productive purposes. Imagine how much more we could have accomplished with that money.

5. Our Healthcare Reality Is By Design.

When the government plays a bigger role in healthcare, policymakers and businesses get more intimate. Influencing policy is more effective than competition for large businesses to make money, and controlling healthcare dollars is more effective than empowering patients for policymakers to reap political gains. This business-policymaker marriage perpetuates a system that enriches both while compromising patients, workers, and taxpayers.

The key to breaking this vicious cycle is, in Mr. Allen’s words, to “stand up to bullies” and “fight back.” Indeed, no matter how invincible the system may look, its patient-decentered nature will continue to fail patients and invite forces of nature like Mr. Allen to stand up and disrupt. As more patients and stakeholders benefit from patient-centered approaches, political constituencies will emerge to ignite more positive changes.

Mr. Allen fought a glorious battle to reveal the truths and inspire us. He dedicated his work to “anyone who’s been pushed around by the American healthcare system.” Now, it’s up to us to remember what he fought for and march on: Power Belongs To Patients.

https://t.co/6n0FmovJgA
@JHUCarey @JohnsHopkinsSPH @BSPH_HPM

[Texas Association of Health Plans @txhealthplans]

What's next for Texas healthcare? Join us for 'Under the Dome' at #TAHP2023 to hear from legislative leaders. 👉 Secure Your Spot Today!

[Texas Association of Health Plans @txhealthplans]

It's not too late to sign up! Join our End-of-Session Webinar on June 28th where we'll discuss the most impactful changes to Health Care Policy in Texas.

RSVP Here: https://t.co/cyifl07WOD

#txlege #healthcare

[Jamie Dudensing @Jdudensing]

Proud to announce that @txhealthplans was honored to be present at the Governor's signing ceremony for HB 12, extending #Medicaid coverage for new moms in Texas to 12 months. A great step forward for #maternalhealth in our state. #HB12 @TXlege

[Governor Abbott Press Office @GovAbbottPress]

Texas is invested in improving women’s health outcomes and supporting families.

Proud to sign new laws to extend postpartum benefits for new mothers, provide historic funding for the Thriving Texas Families Program, and eliminate taxes on products for women and babies.

[Governor Abbott Press Office @GovAbbottPress]

Texas is invested in improving women’s health outcomes and supporting families.

Proud to sign new laws to extend postpartum benefits for new mothers, provide historic funding for the Thriving Texas Families Program, and eliminate taxes on products for women and babies.

[Jamie Dudensing @Jdudensing]

Keeping up with #HealthPolicy in Texas? We proudly present @txhealthplans End-of-Session Highlights Guide, the most comprehensive overview of health coverage legislation passed. #txlege https://t.co/JlpTPhiuGx

[Caroline Harris Davila State Representative @CarolineForTX]

Today Governor @GregAbbott_TX signed into law SB490, requiring hospitals to provide patients with a clear and detailed receipt of what they are being charged.

Thank you, Senator @SenBryanHughes, for working with me in protecting patients rights. #txlege

[Caroline Harris Davila State Representative @CarolineForTX]

Would you buy a car, a house, or even a meal without knowing how much it cost?

Of course not, but this is what is happening with your medical billing.

I authored HB 1973, Hospital Itemized Billing, which mandates hospitals tell you precisely what they are charging you.
#txlege

[Avik Roy @Avik]

It’s amazing how many people I meet in Washington who believe that subsidizing poor people makes them lazy, but that subsidizing corporations makes them innovative.

[Jamie Dudensing @Jdudensing]

@txhealthplans @Quest_Analytics Thank you @Quest_Analytics!

[Jamie Dudensing @Jdudensing]

@txhealthplans @Surescripts Thank you @Surescripts!

[Jamie Dudensing @Jdudensing]

@AnitaYandle @kristinjmm I miss the 120s and 110s suits at Jcrew. They had multiple styles of jackets, pants, skirts, and dresses, all in the same wool and colors. They were consistent for over 10 years, so you could always replace something.

[Bob Herman @bobjherman]

"Despite repeated requests from KHN, none of the medical systems around Dallas-Fort Worth would discuss their finances or the debt carried by patients." https://t.co/nPl6Tj1RKE

[Jamie Dudensing @Jdudensing]

@JohnathanSilver Very old. She appears to he older than the sun.