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.

The fate of Cook Children's Health Plan, which serves more than 125,000 families in the Tarrant County area, has been pushed back and will not be decided until next summer. Officials with the Texas ...

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.

Born prematurely at 27 weeks, MJ Hernandez came out of the womb unable to eat on his own. Following intensive feeding therapy, he was issued a gastrostomy button, placed in his stomach with a feeding ...

When Jocelyn Galindo, 30, gave birth to her daughter in 2020, the first thing on her mind was her child’s health. During her stay at a Fort Worth hospital, she was referred to Cook Children’s ...

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 ...