Biometric cards are expected to sweep the Medicaid program in Texas if pilot technology proves effective in combating fraud and streamlining the claims process. The race is on to see which team will ...
Texas lawmakers are considering legislation that would prevent state Medicaid administrators from automatically renewing recipients without contacting them to make sure that they qualify for the ...
Terri Anderson signed up for Medi-Cal earlier this year, hoping she’d finally get treatment for her high blood pressure. But the insurer operating her Medicaid plan assigned the 57-year-old to a ...
The agency that administers Medicaid in Texas has issued a $300 million call for help. We’re hoping the Texas Legislature hears and heeds the plea. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission says ...
Supporters of sweeping tax and spending legislation sent to President Donald Trump say changes to Medicaid, food aid, and other programs will encourage personal responsibility and stop system abuse.
Elysse Adkins speaks to a Texas Health and Human Services advisor about her health coverage options at a San Antonio Food Bank event organized as the state began dumping people from the Medicaid rolls ...
For years, we have asked Texas leaders to expand Medicaid so more young families can thrive, write Brandy Taylor Dédé and Barbara Moore. Now, we call on them to simply do the bare minimum and protect ...
Texas hospitals avoided the worst potential Medicaid cuts in the recent GOP bill. An expected increase in uninsured Texans due to ACA changes could strain the healthcare system. Free and charitable ...
Texas Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, filed a bill ahead of the 89th Legislative Session that would create the Medicaid expansion program, Live Well Texas. Similar efforts have failed in the past. For ...
In the past two years, Texas has experienced one of the most significant declines in Medicaid enrollment across the United States, with nearly 1.8 million residents losing access to this crucial ...