Amerigroup (AGP) Granted Medicaid Expansion In Texas by The Texas Health and Human Services Commissio
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Amerigroup Corporation (NYSE: AGP) announced on August 1 that it has won its bid to retain and expand its presence in Texas.
Under the new award, the Company will retain all existing products in the following markets: Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. The Company will no longer participate in the Corpus Christi area, for which it currently serves approximately 10,000 members.
In addition, the Company will begin providing prescription drug benefits for all products and, pending final approval of the State's CMS waiver, in-patient hospital services for the STAR+PLUS program.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission also awarded Amerigroup the following new business: STAR and STAR+PLUS products in the Lubbock service area; STAR+PLUS product in the El Paso service area; CHIP product in Austin; and STAR product in all three rural service areas, which includes 164 counties previously served by a primary care case management program.
Under the new award, the Company will retain all existing products in the following markets: Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. The Company will no longer participate in the Corpus Christi area, for which it currently serves approximately 10,000 members.
In addition, the Company will begin providing prescription drug benefits for all products and, pending final approval of the State's CMS waiver, in-patient hospital services for the STAR+PLUS program.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission also awarded Amerigroup the following new business: STAR and STAR+PLUS products in the Lubbock service area; STAR+PLUS product in the El Paso service area; CHIP product in Austin; and STAR product in all three rural service areas, which includes 164 counties previously served by a primary care case management program.
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