Many new moms in Texas don’t know they qualify for a year of Medicaid, doctors say
Almost all of the pregnant women Dr. Joshua Splinter sees at his rural East Texas practice are on Medicaid. For years, he ...
Denton Record-Chronicle1d
Survey finds support for voucher-like plan, Medicaid expansion in Texas
Texas’ 89th legislative session is well underway at the Capitol building in Austin. As lawmakers navigate their way forward, ...
The Texas Tribune2d
“Wrap around the family”: Doulas, community health workers push Texas to cover more services for pregnant women
Medicaid pays for half of all births in Texas, so covering doula services would significantly increase the number of pregnant women who can access this guidance and support, said Morgan Miles ...
Houston Chronicle13d
Texas state office fires 7 employees after data breach, theft allegations
On Friday the Texas Health and Human Services Commission ... of 61,104 Texans who receive public assistance including Medicaid and food stamps. "HHSC took immediate steps to mitigate the breach ...
Austin American-Statesman28d
Medicaid whistleblowers awarded $37 million from state in 13-year-old case against Xerox
The state of Texas has been ordered to pay three whistleblowers more than $37 million in a 13-year-old case relating to Medicaid fraud alleging improper billings by dentists and corporate dental ...
The Texas Tribune29d
Mental health advocates ask Texas lawmakers to replace expiring COVID-19 relief funding
Social workers in Texas who have a master’s degree and are working toward their clinical license are unable to bill Medicaid until they complete two years of supervision by a licensed clinician.
CNN2d
Trump’s federal grant pause creates confusion over Medicaid funding
The Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants sparked chaos and confusion at state Medicaid agencies on Tuesday. Although the White House insisted that Medicaid, which provides health ...
CBS News2d
White House blames "outage" for locking out Medicaid, Head Start, health centers from funding site
Multiple state Medicaid programs reported late Tuesday they have been able to resume accessing their payment systems after the nationwide lockout. The interruption had sparked outcry from state ...
Texas Standard2d
Survey finds support for voucher-like plan, Medicaid expansion in Texas
Texas’ 89th legislative session is well underway at the Capitol ... and the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the House is in expanding access to Medicaid, sort of following what 40 other states ...
The Hill3d
States lose access to Medicaid payment portal amid Trump federal aid freeze
State Medicaid programs across the country reported Tuesday they had lost access to federal payment portals one day after President Trump announced a freeze on federal grants and aid. By the late ...
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Form 3071, Individual Election, Cancellation or Update
Click here for instructions on opening this form. Hospice providers are responsible for transmitting Form 3071 electronically on the Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) Long Term Care ...
STAT15d
Shredding the Medicaid safety net
Shachar is an assistant clinical professor of law and faculty director of the Health Law and Policy Clinic at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School. Musumeci is an ...