The state is refusing a Biden administration offer that would continue funding for its Medicaid providers until the federal government provides more information about the proposed extension, Texas’ Medicaid director wrote on Thursday, Politico reports.
The letter to CMS comes after federal officials rejected Texas’ bid to implement a new, expanded payment structure for safety-net providers — saying instead that it would be willing to simply keep the current program in place for another year.
That counter-offer would also blunt a broader Texas lawsuit over the administration’s rescission of its Trump-era Medicaid waiver by ensuring safety net providers would still get paid even absent the waiver. Read more.
