Acronyms
Children with Special Needs
STAR
Medicaid
Miscellaneous
100
This nutrition program is women, infants and children.
What is WIC?
100
This program helps children under the age of 3 who have a developmental delay.
What is Early Childhood Intervention?
100
These are the STAR plans for Medicaid in Travis County.
What are ?
100
These are some of the recipients of Medicaid.
Who are children under 21, pregnant women and disabled adults?
100
Brochures and pamphlets regarding THSteps, Case Management and Medical Transportation can be ordered through this website.
What is www.dshs.state.tx.us/thsteps?
200
This program’s goal is to identify and intervene early to reduce the impact of delay or disability of the child.
What is ECI?
200
This is a state funded insurance program benefitting children with special health care needs.
What is CSHCN, Children with Special Health Care Needs?
200
This is the full name for STAR, the managed care initiative to Medicaid.
What is State of Texas Access Reform?
200
Name 3 things covered by Medicaid.
What are eyeglasses, medical equipment, medical supplies and medical coverage or dental coverage?
200
This company carries out the Traditional Medicaid claims payments for the state of Texas.
What is TMHP, Texas Medicaid Healthcare Partnership?
300
--_________________________ is a program that assists children under 21 with their personal care.
What is PCS?
300
This program is a benefit of Medicaid assisting families with activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living.
What is Personal Care Services, PCS?
300
These are some of the added value benefits of STAR plans.
What are 24 hour nurse line, temporary phone help, health and wellness benefits? Other acceptable possibilities are gift programs, recreation programs, home visits, extra help for pregnant women, help for members with asthma, sports and school physicals, over the counter medication benefits, extra vision benefits, extra dental benefits, extra help getting a ride.
300
This is an extension of Medicaid that covers nursing, medical equipment and supplies.
What is the Comprehensive Care Program, CCP?
300
This agency contracts with the state of Texas to provide outreach and informing of Medicaid services and assist with STAR enrollment.
What is Maximus?
400
This is a program that provides insurance to children who are over the income limit for Medicaid but under 200% of the FPIL.
What is CHIP?
400
This is the one exception for the age limit of CSHCN.
What is Cystic Fibrosis?
400
This population is voluntary for STAR Plus.
Who are SSI recipients under 21?
400
Texas women under 64 who have breast or cervical cancer with low income and no health insurance can receive help from this program.
What is Medicaid for Breast and Cervical Cancer (MBCC)?
400
This is the Medical Transportation provider for Wichita Falls and the surrounding area.
What is TAPS, Texoma Area Paratransit System?
500
This is the acronym for the medical insurance program for children with special health care needs.
What is CSHCN?
500
This program helps children with a disability who need health insurance but make too much money to get traditional Medicaid, SSI, CHIP or CSHCN.
What is Medicaid Buy In for Children, MBIC?
500
This is the STAR hotline number.
What is 800-964-2777?
500
These are some of the changes of the Affordable Care Act that became effective January 1, 2014.
What are a 12 month certification and no resource test?
500
This interagency group is comprised of public and private agencies that develop service plans for families who have tried everything else.
What is the CRCG? (Community Resource Coordination Group)
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