'Extremely disappointed': Driscoll considers legal action over state insurance contracts
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As the state doubles down on its plans to award Medicaid and Medicare contracts to a for-profit insurance provider in
Driscoll Health Plan (DHP), which for some time has handled CHIP and STAR coverage for pregnant women, families and children in
Hinojosa and his fellow legislators — state Sens.
Legislators are asking
Now, if
But
"We are extremely disappointed in Texas HHSC's decision to deny the appeal of the recent procurement process for Medicaid STAR and Children's Health Insurance Plans for 2025," Wolthoff said via text message Friday. "The State's total disregard for historical performance, community ties, and preference of members and providers in favor of large for-profit managed care organizations with little-to-no connections to our communities is alarming."
Hinojosa agrees and previously told The Monitor that replacing
Wolthoff specified as many as tens of thousands of
But it's not over yet, he stressed.
"We will continue to appeal this process, merely asking for the opportunity for Driscoll Health Plan to continue to provide South Texas Medicaid members with the service and access to care they have been accustomed to for many years," he added.
According to a
"I'm here to assure you, our friends and families at
Should the state reject what is now
The HHSC has faced criticism for giving
Insurers have since expressed concern that this offered an unfair advantage to
Dr.
"The basis of our appeal is to illustrate that the procurement process conducted by the state was fundamentally flawed and we believe actually violated state statues … It did not take into consideration past performance, any historical results, didn't look at the 150 quality measures that we report on every year … it basically ignored two decades of investment,"
"Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of this decision is the fact that members and physicians and other providers were never consulted."
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