U.S. senator calls Texas Medicaid contractor callous, orders more oversight to protect vulnerable patients
Dallas Morning News
Benning, T.
08/07/2019
7 doc(s)
Denials of coverage; Managed care; Medicaid
Audit: Disabled Youth Program Sees Scaled-Back Care, Issues
Austin American Statesman
A.P. Wire
03/27/2019
1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
Audits; Children with disabilities; Managed care; Medicaid; STAR Kids; Superior HealthPlan
For new Texas HHS chief, some familiar problems await
Houston Chronicle
Blackman, J.
10/19/2018
4 doc(s)
Health and Human Services Commission, Texas; Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner, Texas; Phillips, Courtney
Medicaid, CHIP bids reopened
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
10/02/2018
1 doc(s)
Children's Health Insurance Program; Competitive bidding; Health and Human Services Commission, Texas; Medicaid; State government contracts
‘Recipe for disaster’
Dallas Morning News
Chavez, A.
08/26/2018
3 doc(s)
Children with disabilities; Denials of coverage; Foster care; Health and Human Services Commission, Texas; Quality of care; State government contracts; Superior HealthPlan
Budget savings shouldn’t come at Texas foster kids’ expense
Austin American Statesman
Editorial
07/28/2018
3 doc(s)
Children with disabilities; Denials of coverage; Foster care; Managed care; Medicaid; Superior HealthPlan
Foster care kids denied services
Austin American Statesman
Chang, J.
07/22/2018
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Children with disabilities; Denials of coverage; Foster care; Managed care; Medicaid; Nelson, Jane; Quality of care; Schwertner, Charles; Superior HealthPlan
No solace for mom of disabled boy
Dallas Morning News
McSwane, J.
06/21/2018
3 doc(s)
Children with disabilities; Klick, Stephanie; Managed care; Medicaid; Quality of care; Raymond, Richard Peña; Superior HealthPlan; Swanson, Valoree
A preventable tragedy (Part 1 of 5)
Dallas Morning News
Chavez, A.
06/07/2018
3 doc(s)
Children with disabilities; Managed care; Medicaid; Medical ethics; Quality of care; Superior HealthPlan
Skimping on care (Part 2 of 5)
Dallas Morning News
Chavez, A.
06/07/2018
3 doc(s)
Amerigroup; Managed care; Medicaid; Quality of care; Services for persons with disabilities; Superior HealthPlan
Texas pays billions for ‘sham’ networks (Part 3 of 5)
Dallas Morning News
Chavez, A.
06/07/2018
6 doc(s)
Amerigroup; Foster care; Health care provider networks; Managed care; Medicaid; Mental health services; Quality of care; Superior HealthPlan
Texas pays billions for ‘sham’ networks
Dallas Morning News
Chavez, A.
06/05/2018
5 doc(s)
Amerigroup; Foster care; Health care provider networks; Managed care; Medicaid; Mental health services; Quality of care; Superior HealthPlan
Cecile Young taking over as acting head of Texas health commission amid contracting woes
San Antonio Express News
Morris, A.
06/05/2018
3 doc(s)
Health and Human Services Commission, Texas; State government contracts; State purchasing; Young, Cecile
Skimping on care
Dallas Morning News
Chavez, A.
06/04/2018
2 doc(s)
Amerigroup; Insurance industry; Managed care; Medicaid; Quality of care; Services for persons with disabilities; Superior HealthPlan
A preventable tragedy
Dallas Morning News
Chavez, A.
06/03/2018
1 doc(s)
Children with disabilities; Managed care; Medicaid; Medical ethics; Quality of care; Superior HealthPlan
Texas social services czar out
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
05/04/2018
2 doc(s)
Health and Human Services Commission, Texas; Public officials' resignations; Raymond, Richard Peña; Smith, Charles; State government contracts; Straus, Joe, III; Williams, Thomas 'Tommy'; Zerwas, John
Agency errors prompt change
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
04/17/2018
2 TX bill(s) 2 doc(s)
Health and Human Services Commission, Texas; State government contracts; Williams, Thomas 'Tommy'
Abbott sends top aide to shake up troubled state agency
Houston Chronicle
Zelinski, A.
04/17/2018
2 doc(s)
Health and Human Services Commission, Texas; State government contracts; State purchasing; Straus, Joe, III
Crack Down
Texarkana Gazette
Editorial
04/17/2018
2 doc(s)
Health and Human Services Commission, Texas; State government contracts
CHIP services will continue in South Texas, despite canceled contracts
San Antonio Express News
Morris, A.
04/15/2018
1 doc(s)
Children's Health Insurance Program
Straus is right, investigate state health agency
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
02/28/2018
1 doc(s)
Audits; Health and Human Services Commission, Texas; Medicaid; State government contracts; Straus, Joe, III; Superior HealthPlan
Straus: Audit reveals need for stronger oversight at state agency
Austin American Statesman
Sterling, E.
02/08/2018
4 doc(s)
Audits; Ex-offenders; Health and Human Services Commission, Texas; Inmate sexual assaults; Juvenile detention facilities; State government contracts; Superior HealthPlan; Tax revenue
Straus calls for review after audit found HHSC inappropriately allowed $30 million in contractor bonus pay
San Antonio Express News
Morris, A.
02/01/2018
1 doc(s)
Health and Human Services Commission, Texas; Medicaid; Schwertner, Charles; State government contracts; Superior HealthPlan
Audit: HHSC inappropriately allowed $30 million in contractor bonus pay
San Antonio Express News
Morris, A.
01/30/2018
1 doc(s)
Audits; Bonuses; Davis, Sarah; Health and Human Services Commission, Texas; Medicaid; Nelson, Jane; State government contracts; Superior HealthPlan
