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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is proposing cuts to the reimbursement rates for certain services — like ventilators and wheelchairs. Providers told a public hearing Monday the new rates could hurt medical supply companies and their patients.

The new proposed ordinance would institute the need for boarding homes to obtain a permit and undergo annual inspections, along with creating standards for how the properties are maintained and run.

The Justice Department in June announced charges against more than 600 people responsible for more than $2 billion in health care fraud losses over a…