Legislators press HHSC on waitlist data and step‑down capacity
Committee members pressed HHSC on the number of patients occupying acute beds who need step-down placements and the absence of current statewide waitlist data; HHSC said a real‑time hospital capacity system exists but waitlist compilation is a longer-term effort.
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Committee members pressed HHSC leadership about patients 'stuck' in acute beds who would be better served in step‑down or long‑term settings. A member asked for system-level figures and comparative costs; HHSC said real-time hospital-occupancy information exists on a capacity website but that waitlist and step‑down placement data remain fragmented and outdated. "We don't have a study yet in terms of the overall number across the hospitals," HHSC testimony said.
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