Last year, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission denied Cook Children’s Health Plan a renewed contract to serve its membership, writes Rick W. Merrill, president and CEO of Cook ...

More than 185,000 low-income children and pregnant women in South Texas are still waiting to see if they’ll need to change ...

Cook Children’s Health Plan is taking the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to court to stop HHS’ decision not to renew the health plan’s Medicaid contract with the state.

The fight over whether Cook Children’s can continue offering its health care plan to more than 125,000 families in the Tarrant County area has come to a halt. The state’s $116 billion Medicaid ...

A recent $116 billion Medicaid proposal negatively impacted four plaintiffs—Cook Children’s Health Plan, Texas Children’s Health Plan, Superior HealthPlan and WellPoint Insurance Company ...

In 2024, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission announced that Cook Children’s Health Plan was not among the plans that would not qualify for the state’s $116 billion Medicaid contract ...

Cook Children's would likely shut down its health plan, but the hospital itself is not in danger. If the procurement is dropped, this will be Texas Health and Human Services' third unsuccessful ...

A health plan that serves 125,000 vulnerable children and families in the Tarrant County area is in danger of being destroyed. Cook Children’s dedication to the North Texas community dates back ...

Cook Children’s Health Plan, a major provider of Medicaid health insurance to Fort Worth kids and families, is suing Texas over its decision not to award a Medicaid contract to the health system.

Cook Children’s Sues Texas Over Potential Medicaid Contract Loss Cook Children’s Health Plan has filed two lawsuits against the state to stop the Texas Health and Human Services Commission ...