I can’t say the whole name of the Institute (Texas Institute for Health Care Quality and Efficiency) in one breath, so I alternate between calling it “the Institute,” or “tick” for “TIHCQE.”
TIHCQE will make recommendations to the Texas Legislature on how to measure quality and efficiency and help bring innovation to cut costs while still taking care of our Medicaid patients, those who have State health plans, and future “health care collaboratives” or HCC’s. The latter could be the Accountable Care Organizations