Medicaid in Texas
Just the Basics


Patricia Beach, M.D.

 


Pediatrics


Systems-Based
Practice Home

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Discharge Planning

EMTALA

HIPAA

Practice Guidelines-
Asthma

Professional Orgs

Texas Medicaid
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Pediatrics

 



This module is designed to provide basic information
 about Medicaid in Texas in 2010.
 

Objectives for this module:

  • To describe the scope of insurance coverage or its lack for children in Texas
  • To compare public costs for Medicaid for children vs. adults in Texas
  • To list services which are required/covered for children under the EPSDT program
  • To illustrate the goals and impact of managed care on the delivery of health care to children who have Medicaid insurance
  • To help providers select cost-effective strategies for prescribing and refilling prescriptions for Medicaid recipients

 

go here to get started 

 

 

This module was created when the author was a participant
in the ADAPT (Any Day Any Place Teaching) program, 2009-10,
at University of Texas Medical Branch, funded by an Innovations in Education grant
from the Office of Health Affairs, at the University of Texas System.

 

    last updated Nov. 7, 2010