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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission, which operates these programs — called STAR and CHIP — shocked many pediatric providers in Tarrant County in March when it decided not to award ...
Texas has also seen significant disparities in who receives prenatal care - 75% of White women and only 55% of Black women received prenatal care during their first trimester. [35] Although women covered by Medicaid are supposed to automatically transition into the Healthy Texas Women program for postpartum coverage, this transition does not ...
NFP targets low-income, first-time mothers, [11] following the idea that the best time to teach health and development behaviors is during the mother's first pregnancy. [12] This also gives time for mothers to work on potentially problematic behaviors before interacting face-to-face with the child. The mothers are often young and single; based ...
In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a ...
Conflicting information, computer systems not working, denials before verification and more problems come to the surface from whistleblowers, advocacy groups.
The Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996 (passed as part of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 Pub. L. 104–204 (text)) is a piece of legislation relating to the coverage of maternity by health insurance plans in the United States.
The Medicaid "unwinding" that began after eligibility checks resumed this year led millions of people to lose coverage. Texas has the most disenrollments.