Almost all of the pregnant women Dr. Joshua Splinter sees at his rural East Texas practice are on Medicaid. For years, he would treat these patients during pregnancy, deliver their babies and then start the mad dash to squeeze in a follow-up visit before they lost insurance just eight weeks after giving birth.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before U.S. senators Wednesday and Thursday in a pair of contentious hearings about his nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services in a move that has major implications for Texas.

Property tax relief rounds out some of the top issues Texans would like to see the Legislature focus budget surplus money on.

Medicaid provides healthcare coverage for eligible low-income individuals and families in Texas. However, eligibility is largely determined by your income and specific circumstance

Legislators allowed doulas and community health workers to bill Medicaid last session. They’re hoping it’s just the beginning.

Funding cuts and regulatory changes could radically reduce Medicaid, the largest program providing medical and health-related services to low-income people, as well as Medicare, federal health insurance for people 65 or older, and some under 65 with certain disabilities or conditions.

For school some districts, at least a portion of that extra expense is being offset with funds from the federal government. Through provisions in the legislation authorizing Medicaid funding, school systems may file for reimbursement for transportation to and from specified eligible services that students with disabilities need during the school day.

After the state missed the Jan. 1 deadline, lawmakers still have time to approve costs before applying for $400 million in federal summer meal assistance.

The Helper Bees plans to use the third round of funding to expand into managed Medicaid and for payment innovation.

Healthcare fraud enforcement continues to be a top priority for federal authorities, with Stark Law violations remaining under particular

Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars over the next two years to create a school voucher-like program, cut property taxes, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure and continue the state’s border crackdown,