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Medical Crisis – Part 5: Medicaid Basics

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In last week’s article, we introduced the concept of utilizing Medicaid to help pay for long-term care. Medicaid is a federally-funded program to provide assistance with long-term care costs to those in need. In Texas, Medicaid is administered by the Health and Human Services Commission (“HHSC”). In this article, we will focus on the most [...]

End of Continuous Medicaid Coverage Requirement Nears

On January 31, 2020, the Federal Government declared a public health emergency (PHE) in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In March 2020, Congress passed implemented a Medicaid continuous coverage requirement as part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). In exchange for an increase in federal Medicaid matching funds, states were required to keep [...]