Superior HealthPlan to make changes to Medline contract
By HME News Staff
Updated Tue August 15, 2017
AUSTIN, Texas - Superior HealthPlan, a managed care company that's administering part of the state's Medicaid program, has decided to delay a contract with Medline until Oct. 1, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
The contract, which includes 244 codes for DME and supplies, was set to start Sept. 1.
Superior Health Plan, part of Centene Corp., also plans to recast the contract as “preferred provider” vs. “single source,” making it clearer that Medicaid recipients will still have their choice of provider, the newspaper reported.
The changes to the contract come on the heels of a hearing before the state's Committee on Human Services in the House of Representatives on Aug. 9. During the hearing, lawmakers suggested that Superior HealthPlan amend its notice to patients to say they can “opt out for any reason or no reason at all,” the newspaper reported.
Prior to the hearing, a number of providers, including Respiratory & Medical Homecare and Alliance Medical Supply, had sent letters of protest to different offices of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, as well as Superior HealthPlan.
Superior HealthPlan's contract in Texas is only one of many such contracts between managed care companies and distributors spreading nationwide.
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