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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is standing by its decision not to award a large Medicaid contract to Cook Children’s Health Plan, a major provider of Medicaid health insurance to ...
The Texas Presumptive eligibility program allows hospitals to determine if individuals need short term Medicaid. Pregnant women can qualify for both prenatal care and care during pregnancy depending on the hospital's approval. [48]
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 ...
In 2007, the Health and Human Services Commission of Texas established the Women's Health Program (WHP), a Medicaid waiver program that received 90% of its funding from the federal level. [9] [10] The Program provided family planning services for women from the ages of 18–44 whose incomes were 185% below the federal poverty level. [9]
Bailee is one of 10,812 Texas children who lost Medicaid coverage and then were enrolled in the state's Children's Health Insurance Program, which is similar to Medicaid but with a higher ...
The state of Texas plans to drop Driscoll Health Plan from two health insurance programs for low-income children and pregnant women, threatening the future of the nonprofit health plan that ...
Currently, Cook Children’s Health Plan has two state contracts. One is to provide Medicaid health insurance to all of the kids and pregnant people enrolled in the STAR and CHIP programs.
The program provides states with federal funding to expand health insurance beyond Medicaid eligibility levels. In some states, CHIP is administered as part of the Medicaid program (referred to as Medicaid expansion states) and the covered children are eligible for EPSDT benefits.