The delay will give Texas lawmakers a chance to address concerns about the impact of the contract proposal.
👻 You know what’s scary? Not being prepared for the polls. Get ready with Back to the Ballot, an elex course just for you.Texas human services officials have agreed to delay signing new Medicaid contracts until summer so lawmakers can weigh in on a proposal to force three nonprofit children’s hospital plans out of the program and change coverage for 1.8 million low-income Texans.
The number of national for-profit chains operating STAR and/or CHIP in Texas would increase under the proposed new contracts, displace highly rated plans with new untested ones, reduce the number of local managed care organizations and shrink the overall number of managed care organizations operating Medicaid programs in the state.
The motion included an agreement to abide by the court-ordered ban until after the session, even if the appeals court does not pause the case. Aetna and Molina Healthcare of Texas, which would receive hundreds of millions in new contracts under the proposed procurement, have filed to intervene in the lawsuit and are expected to oppose the delay, lawyers for one of the plans said.
The contracts, Aetna lawyers said, were selected “through a fair, transparent and objective bidding process.”
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