Texas Health Care Association

12/16/2025

Thank you to Mark Teixeira for Congress and his team for taking the time to tour Avir at New Braunfels and engage in a meaningful conversation about long-term care and the challenges facing our providers. We’re grateful for the opportunity to share firsthand insight into the important work happening every day in our facilities.
A huge thank-you as well to valued THCA member Avir Health Group, whose team truly showed out, welcoming us with open doors and extensive expertise. We appreciate your leadership and continued commitment to quality long-term care in Texas.

12/15/2025

Happy Hanukkah from the Texas Health Care Association 🕎
As the Festival of Lights begins, we extend warm wishes to all who are celebrating. May this season bring peace and light to you and your families.

12/12/2025

State Representative Venton Jones stopped by for a tour of Lakewest Rehab & Skilled Care in Dallas today. THCA, AHCA, and the wonderful team from Momentum Skilled Services, a valued member of THCA, had a productive conversation with the Representative. The engagement of a leader with extensive experience in health care who serves as a key member of the House Appropriations Committee means a great deal to our sector.
Thank you, Rep. Jones, for taking the time to meet with staff, learn more about long-term care, and support the work our member facilities do every day.

12/11/2025

Team THCA spent yesterday at Will-O-Bell, one of our wonderful member facilities, celebrating the holiday season with staff and residents. We sang carols and played bingo and all kinds of other games. It's always a pleasure to share in the joy of the quality care provided by dedicated nursing homes like this one.

12/08/2025

Thank you, State Representative Trent Ashby, candidate for Senate District 3, and Rocky Thigpen For Texas, former Angelina County Commissioner and candidate for House District 9, for touring Parkwood in the Pines in Lufkin, a Priority Management facility and valued THCA member. We appreciate your time and the opportunity to discuss the future of long-term care in Texas!

12/04/2025

Thank you to David Cook for Texas for a great visit today at Mansfield Medical Lodge, a THCA member community in his hometown. We appreciate the Representative taking the time to meet with Priority Management leadership, including THCA Board Member and Priority Management partner Steven Boulware, to discuss key regulatory and long-term care issues impacting residents and providers. THCA is grateful for Rep David L Cook's continued engagement and support of quality care in Mansfield and across the state.

12/03/2025

THCA thanks Executive Commissioner Cecile Erwin Young for her outstanding leadership and service to Texas Health and Human Services. Her steady guidance and commitment to strengthening Texas’s health and long-term care systems have made a lasting impact on providers, residents, and families across the state.
We’re grateful for her partnership and wish her the very best in her retirement.

Cecile Erwin Young, executive commissioner of Texas Health and Human Services, announced she is retiring from state service, effective Jan. 2, 2026.

Thank you for your service, Commissioner Young!

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11/18/2025

Thank you, Rep. Pat Curry for Texas, for visiting Momentum Skilled Services' Woodway Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, one of THCA’s valued member facilities, and taking time to meet with the staff and residents. Your appreciation for the caregivers who show up with compassion and commitment every day means a great deal to our long-term care community!
We’re grateful for your leadership and continued engagement with the issues that matter most to Texas seniors and those who care for them.

11/11/2025

This Veterans Day, we were honored to partner with Dream Flights to give two of our member residents from Touchstone Communities a special adventure! These veterans got to fly in a World War II-era Boeing Stearman Biplane! We appreciate and are so proud to serve all those who served our country! Thank you, veterans!

10/30/2025

Thank you Rep. David Cook for Texas for taking the time to visit HMG Healthcare's Harbor Lakes Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, one of THCA’s wonderful long-term care facilities, to see firsthand the work that these providers do to help our seniors!

10/29/2025

Thank you, Rep. David Cook for Texas for visiting Harbor Lakes Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Granbury—an HMG Healthcare and THCA member facility providing compassionate, high-quality care to Texas seniors.
We appreciate Rep. Cook’s ongoing engagement with long-term care providers and his commitment to understanding the needs of residents and caregivers as he seeks to represent Senate District 22.

10/27/2025

The Texas Health Care Association proudly congratulates Avir Health Group, Ensign Services, Health Dimensions Group, HMG Healthcare LLC, & Touchstone Communities for being honored with AHCA/NCAL Quality Awards. Each of these outstanding organizations earned Bronze Awards in recognition of their commitment to quality improvement and exceptional resident care. Special congratulations to Touchstone Communities for going above and beyond with an additional Silver Award. Your passion, leadership, and dedication to excellence continue to set the standard for long-term care across Texas.