The Brazos County Commissioner’s Court will meet June 9 to hear a county request for approval for up to $22 million to be wired to hospitals participating in the Comprehensive Hospital Increase Reimbursement Program, or CHIRP.
What you need to know
The biggest items on the agenda include transfers from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, or HHSC, for the Brazos County Local Provider Participation Fund.
According to agenda material, CHIRP “is a directed payment program that provides for increased Medicaid payments to certain hospitals for inpatient and outpatient services provided to Medicaid enrollees. The target beneficiaries are adults and children enrolled in the STAR, STAR+PLUS, and STAR Kids Medicaid managed care programs.”
