Becker's Healthcare April 18, 2024
A major shake-up in Texas’s Medicaid contract awards could threaten the existence of some hospital-owned plans, The Texas Tribune reported April 18.
The prospective awards for the state’s STAR Medicaid and CHIP programs have not been finalized. If they are awarded as forecasted by the state’s health and human services department, 1.8 million people could be forced to switch to a new health plan, according to The Texas Tribune.
Fort Worth-based Cook Children’s Health Plan, Houston-based Texas Children’s Health Plan and Corpus Christi-based Driscoll Children’s Health Plan were all denied contracts in the tentative award process.
Executives at Cook Children’s and Driscoll Health told The Texas Tribune their health plans will likely shut down if they are...
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