Facing a projected $17 million shortfall, the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County will ask Texas officials to lower the number of patients it must treat under a ...

Today, MHMRA directly serves about 8,800 patients, down from 25,000 before HB 2292, and even among the population still eligible for MHMRA care, there is a waiting list of about 400 to 500 people.

Anyone who has ever tried to navigate the labyrinthine systems of public health care, especially in Houston, with some of the largest, busiest agencies in the country, deserves all our sympathy. Take ...

Last month we reported on the arrest of Matthew Leddy, a psychologist working for the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County. His arrest, for alleged Medicaid fraud and theft, ...