WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
September 5, 2024 - 9:00 AM
AI in healthcare and health insurance
On:
Coleman, Kev (Paragon Health Institute)
Lopez, Naomi (Goldwater Institute)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
Economic challenges for small business and health insurance markets
On:
Cook, David (National Association of Benefit and Insurance Professionals - Texas)
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
Facility fees
On:
Balat, David (Self)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Kelmar, Patricia (TexPIRG (Public Interest Research Group))
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Monahan, Christine (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Caesar, Rosalind (Self)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospotals of texas)
Healthcare mandates
On:
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Jones, Chris (Cicero Institute)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
Spangler, Lee (UT Health Houston, School of Public Health)
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Network adequacy
On:
Diaz-Lara, Debra (Texas Department of Insurance)
Gay, Christopher (Evry Health Insurance Company of Texas)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Richburg, Melanie (TORCH)
Silva, Zeke (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Prior authorization
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
De La Garza-Barone, Heather (Texas Hospital Association)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Kean, Christine (Self; TSAOG Orthopaedics & Spine)
Silva, Zeke (Self; Texas Medical Association)
State-based exchange
On:
King, John (Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
Transparency in healthcare industry
On:
Aliff, Tanner (Self)
Ciaccia, Antonio (Self; 3 Axis Advisors)
Dove, Emily (Texas 2036)
Garza, Debbie (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Kelmar, Patricia (TexPIRG (Public Interest Research Group))
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Spangler, Lee (UT Health Houston, School of Public Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
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