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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 ...
The Medicaid "unwinding" that began after eligibility checks resumed this year led millions of people to lose coverage. Texas has the most disenrollments.
More than 700,000 Texas kids have lost their Medicaid health insurance this year. Some will go without any type of insurance. Texas becomes ‘ground zero’ for kids losing their Medicaid health ...
A Katie Beckett waiver or TEFRA waiver is a Medicaid waiver concerning the income eligibility for home-based Medicaid services for children under the age of nineteen. Prior to the Katie Beckett waiver, if a child with significant medical needs received treatment at home, the child's income would be deemed to include the parents' entire ...
[1] [2] Dual-eligibles make up 14% of Medicaid enrollment, yet they are responsible for approximately 36% of Medicaid expenditures. [3] Similarly, duals total 20% of Medicare enrollment, and spend 31% of Medicare dollars. [4] Dual-eligibles are often in poorer health and require more care compared with other Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. [5]
Section 1115 Research & Demonstration Projects: States can apply for program flexibility to test new or existing approaches to financing and delivering Medicaid and CHIP. Section 1915(b) Managed Care Waivers: States can apply for waivers to provide services through managed care delivery systems or otherwise limit people's choice of providers.
Nationwide, Medicaid enrollment boomed, gaining an additional 20 million people on its rolls, according to estimates from KFF. That requirement to maintain coverage for everyone ended in March.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is an agency within the Texas Health and Human Services System. It was established by House Bill 2292 in 2003 during the 78th Legislature, [ 1 ] which consolidated twelve different healthcare agencies into five entities under the oversight of HHSC.