NORTH TEXAS — Cook Children's is suing the state of Texas over its decision to deny the hospital's health plan a new Medicaid contract. The pediatric healthcare system announced the lawsuit Wednesday.

FORT WORTH - Cook Children's Health Plan is filing a lawsuit against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission in response to the state's decision to remove its longstanding Medicaid contracts.

Cook Children's Medical Center Prosper opened its neonatal intensive care unit last year to expand care options for babies younger than 28 days. Since then, the hospital has been ...

Cook Children’s Health Plan, a major provider of Medicaid health insurance to Fort Worth kids and families, is suing Texas over its decision not to award a Medicaid contract to the health system.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission in 2024 chose to award Medicaid contracts to national for-profit insurers over Cook Children’s Health Plan and two other Texas-based nonprofit insurance ...