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2025
November
06,
2025
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13:49 PM
America/Chicago
Food insecurity affects the pediatric population from their time in utero until adulthood. Mothers unable to consume adequate calories and a variety of healthy foods can lead to low birth weight infants and birth defects. Breastfeeding mothers …
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July
22,
2025
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15:28 PM
America/Chicago
Sky Ramos, CHW, is blazing new trails for Cook Children’s Health Plan. As the organization’s first-ever clinic-based community health worker (CHW), Ramos will provide in-person guidance at the new neighborhood health center serving the Las Vegas …
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May
15,
2025
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15:59 PM
America/Chicago
You may have noticed something new on the Fort Worth campus - 125 life-sized child cutouts located outside the Dodson building on the green space near the roundabout and Peaks. Each cutout represents 1,000 Cook Children’s Health Plan Members who may …
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May
14,
2025
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09:58 AM
America/Chicago
Lisa Padilla has a passion for helping people. The entirety of her 25-year career has been spent in public and community health serving those living in often underserved communities. Four years ago, she brought that passion to Cook Children’s, where …
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May
12,
2025
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10:46 AM
America/Chicago
Cook Children's has expressed profound concern over a looming crisis that threatens health care access for Texas' most vulnerable children. A staggering 1.8 million children and expectant mothers statewide, including 125,000 within …
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May
09,
2025
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10:15 AM
America/Chicago
Cook Children's Health Plan (CCHP) is demonstrating its deep-rooted commitment to the well-being of North Texans this week by addressing access to healthy food for families in Arlington.CCHP joined forces with the Tarrant Area Food Bank, Arlington …
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May
06,
2025
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13:10 PM
America/Chicago
On June 2, 2025, the clock will run out on the Texas Legislature to prevent the largest Medicaid upheaval in state history, an upheaval that could cost Texans nearly 2,000 jobs and millions in tax dollars. Without immediate legislative action, …
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May
02,
2025
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14:38 PM
America/Chicago
In 2024, the Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) denied contract renewals to several Medicaid providers, including three non‑profit, Texas‑based children's hospital plans: Cook Children's Health Plan, Texas Children's Health Plan and …
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May
02,
2025
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12:44 PM
America/Chicago
As part of our efforts to protect Cook Children's Health Plan members, Rick Merrill, President and CEO of Cook Children's Health Care System, wrote an op-ed to the Dallas Morning News highlighting proposed bills that offer a ray of hope. He …
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May
02,
2025
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10:11 AM
America/Chicago
The Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) has denied Cook Children's Health Plan (CCHP) a contract and awarded the contract to several out-of-state, for-profit insurance companies. This decision by the HHSC puts 1.8 million children …
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April
30,
2025
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16:06 PM
America/Chicago
Every Child Matters. Protect Our Promise. Save Cook Children’s Health Plan.
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April
25,
2025
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17:21 PM
America/Chicago
By: Rick W. Merrill, President & CEO, Cook Children’s Health Care System Imagine being forced to forfeit a local, trusted resource that serves as your medically fragile child’s lifeline to out-of-state strangers for no good reason at all. That …
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April
25,
2025
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15:42 PM
America/Chicago
Cook Children's Health Plan (CCHP) remains committed to protecting more than 125,000 families who rely on our plan for the care and well-being of their children. The hope is that Texas representatives will recognize how beneficial and necessary this …
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April
25,
2025
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15:41 PM
America/Chicago
Since 2000, Cook Children's Health Plan has kept its commitment to safeguard the well-being of more than 125,000 families who rely on their plans, allowing them to uphold Cook Children’s bold Promise “to improve the well-being of every child in our …
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April
23,
2025
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14:57 PM
America/Chicago
Shaquerial Evans is looking forward to having her first baby in June. As a first-time mother, she researched health plans to ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby. She found Cook Children’s Health Plan (CCHP). “I knew about Cook Children’s, but I …
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April
16,
2025
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11:11 AM
America/Chicago
As part of our efforts to protect Cook Children's Health Plan members, Rick Merrill, President and CEO of Cook Children's Health Care System, wrote an op-ed to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram highlighting two proposed bills that offer a ray of hope. He …
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2024
October
07,
2024
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10:10 AM
America/Chicago
Cook Children’s Health Plan (CCHP) is grateful to announce that a Travis County court has granted a Temporary Injunction, preventing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) from awarding, signing or implementing any new contracts for …
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September
24,
2024
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09:27 AM
America/Chicago
By Charlotte SettleVivienne Molen, a 15-year-old with type 1 diabetes, is one of thousands of children who rely on the Cook Children’s Health Plan (CCHP) for life-saving treatment. Now, she is at risk of losing insurance coverage for the care she …
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September
20,
2024
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11:34 AM
America/Chicago
By Kaley JohnsonRebekah Jones, who has had four children on Cook Children’s Health Plan, knows too well how big of a difference consistent, quality medical care can make.Rebekah, who has been a nurse at Cook Children’s for 20 years, is the mother of …
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September
11,
2024
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16:59 PM
America/Chicago
By Kaley JohnsonThe state of Texas is trying to end a program that allows thousands of children to thrive.That’s the message Liz Piñon wants to send to state leaders trying to end the Cook Children’s Health Plan. Liz’s children are among the 8,000 …
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September
03,
2024
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16:30 PM
America/Chicago
Written by Charlotte SettleOn March 7, 2024, Cook Children’s Health Plan (CCHP) was denied a new contract for STAR & CHIP Managed Care Services by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). Though CCHP’s initial protest to this …
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August
28,
2024
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11:26 AM
America/Chicago
In 2023, the Neighborhood Health Centers saw 125,761 patient visits across the seven locations. More than 50% of those patients were on Cook Children’s Health Plan.
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August
15,
2024
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14:55 PM
America/Chicago
By Ashley AntleSamuel and Kathy Grace Sudolcan’s home is filled with love, joy and hope. You see it in the smiles of their three sons, including 2-year-old Zechariah, despite the fact that every breath he takes is dependent on a well-equipped and …
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June
26,
2024
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10:00 AM
America/Chicago
Media partners, photos, raw sound and B-roll videos are available below for news stories with credit to Cook Children's. Click on photos and videos below to view the download button.
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May
30,
2024
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12:41 PM
America/Chicago
By Ashley AntleFor years, Breanna Hernandez spent her days driving her 10-year-old son, MJ, from appointment to appointment. They spanned the Metroplex from Fort Worth to Dallas to Waxahachie and points in between. Visits with specialists and hours …
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May
08,
2024
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14:06 PM
America/Chicago
Rick Merrill, President and CEO of Cook Children's Health Care System, wrote an op-ed to The Dallas Morning News in response to Texas Health and Human Services' decision to exclude Cook Children's Health Plan (CCHP) from the new STAR/CHIP contract …
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April
29,
2024
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12:20 PM
America/Chicago
Recent reporting from the Texas Tribune raises more questions about the procurement process for the STAR & CHIP Managed Care Services Contract. This is related to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s (HHSC) plans to exclude Cook …
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April
25,
2024
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11:31 AM
America/Chicago
For over 20 years, Cook Children's Health Plan (CCHP) has proudly served hundreds of thousands of families through the STAR/CHIP Managed Care Services Program. We were recently disappointed to learn that the Texas Health and Human Services …
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2023
November
29,
2023
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10:27 AM
America/Chicago
Cook Children’s Center for Community Health and Health Plan are collaborating with organizations across North Texas to combat the issue of food insecurity.The United States Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as a lack of consistent …
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2019
September
04,
2019
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09:56 AM
America/Chicago
The last thing Shelly Ogle wanted to do this early in the morning was wait on the phone.
The day ahead was already filled with taking care of her daughter Winslow, who hadn't even taken her four medications during the day …
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