Reports and Presentations

This report evaluates the use of benefits under the STAR Health program for children in foster care to better coordinate the provision of Medicaid healthcare services.

The Foster Care Capacity Needs Report is a plan to increase the placement capacity for children in foster care in each catchment area in Texas.

Evaluating the use of benefits under the STAR Health program for children in foster care to better coordinate the provision of healthcare and use of those benefits.

A study to assess the impact of revising the capitation rate setting strategy used to cover long-term care services and supports provided to members enrolled in the STAR+PLUS Medicaid managed care program, from a strategy based on the setting in which services are provided to a strategy based on a blended rate across settings.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) assessed the feasibility of creating an online portal for individuals to both request and check placement on a Medicaid waiver program interest list.

Report on evaluation of the feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and impact on Medicaid recipients of providing benefits and services through the managed care model that are not currently provided through that model.

Evaluation of CMS’s InCK model and whether it would benefit children in Texas, including children enrolled in STAR Health.

The supplemental report builds on the information provided in the September 2022 Dually Eligible Individuals Enrolled in Medicaid Managed Care report and provides HHSC’s findings regarding the cost-effectiveness of transitioning Medicaid-only services for dually eligible people into Medicaid managed care and requiring cost-sharing for those services, considerations of the costs associated with the operational and systematic changes needed to implement the transition and a recommendation as to whether the transition and cost-sharing should be implemented.

Describes the study HHSC conducted on the current Medicare cost-sharing requirements for dually eligible people and the programmatic impacts from transitioning Medicaid-only services into managed care and charging cost-sharing for those services.