Ep 10 - Medically Fragile Children not getting the care they deserve -Texas STAR

Medically Fragile Children not getting the care they deserve -Texas
STAR Kyle and Darci discuss the one of the most difficult topics to
review so far as it hits a little close to home.  Medically
Fragile Children are simply not getting the care they deserve and
that families were promised, and it all seems to be largely
preventable problems if tackled via a process based approach.
AUSTIN — Texas pays $3.3 billion a year to companies that manage
health care for medically fragile children, but the state isn’t
taking necessary steps to ensure the contractors are meeting the
children’s needs, according to a new audit. Since the start of the
Medicaid managed care program known as STAR Kids in late 2016,
there has been a drop in critical services, such as speech and
physical therapy, being provided to the children, according to the
audit by the state’s Legislative Budget Board staff. For example,
the number of children receiving occupational and physical therapy
declined by 13 percent in the months after the switch, the auditors
found. Credit to Houston Chronical
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas_legislature/article/Texas-needs-to-ensure-better-care-for-medically-13715075.php?t=47615ba153&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3_AXJKKwpFD0aLvwq1OFhIvgYqUCUWk_-QwYgwXaVSpKe3KZBdUTlbK1s
Check out the article here
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5780152-Improve-Operation-of-the-Star-Kids-Program-Mar.html#document/p1
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