The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced new funding to support Navigators working to enroll people in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans.

Dr. Patricia Gail Bray will leave her position as vice president of research, the Episcopal Health Foundation announced today. Elena Marks, EHF’s president and CEO, said Bray’s departure is effective April 1.

Researchers at the Episcopal Health Foundation today released the comprehensive Children’s Health Snapshots for 57 Texas counties in Central, East and Southeast Texas.

Houston Public Media’s Houston Matters program featured the Foundation’s newly-released Children’s Health Snapshots.

HOUSTON – The Episcopal Health Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Suzanne Leahy as evaluation officer and Sandra Wegmann as learning officer.

The Episcopal Health Foundation is teaming up with the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts. We’re seeking to support a Texas-based organization wanting to conduct a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) on an issue relevant to the Episcopal Health Foundation’s strategic plan and critical issues facing Texans relevant to community health.

Patricia Gail Bray, EHF’s Director of Research, has been awarded a Samaritan Spirit Award by the Krist Samaritan Center in Houston.

The award pays tribute to individuals who “have made significant contributions to human health and growth, demonstrate a spiritual sensibility in their work, personally and professionally reflect the Samaritan Spirit, and have a clear understanding of what it means to love your neighbor and show mercy.”

Congrats to Gail for such a well-deserved honor!

Learn more — http://www.samaritanhouston.org/gala/annual-samaritan-celebration.html

An analysis of more than 100 health insurance plans across Texas offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) shows that plans can differ in premium cost and the number of hospitals included in insurance networks. That’s just one of the findings of a report released today by the Episcopal Health Foundation and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.