Gold card & medicaid
Hello! Hopefully there's some of yalll that work with Texas Benefits that can give me some insight!
Context: My husband was in a motorcycle accident July 2023 which left him with a Traumatic Brain Injury. Life saved at Ben Taub, got accepted for the Gold Card right away. So through his whole 6 months of recovery at the hospital/LTAC/inpatient rehab…Gold Card has been what's been covering everything.
Back in November, he got approved for Medicaid.
But as of now, Harris Health System is still whats been covering his stay at the inpatient rehab. He's getting discharged on Wednesday back home for the first time in 6 months. And still, Harris Health is whats covering his home health, hospital bed at home, feeding pump for his peg tube at home, medications, in home therapies, etc.
My question is, do I have to call Medicaid to remove the Medicaid? Or inform them of the Gold Card? Or leave the Medicaid and can still be used? I've been so confused with this and the case manager here at the rehab was no help at all with this question.
My main worry is to get in trouble for having them both even though Medicaid hasn't been used for anything since he got approved for it. I don't want to get in trouble and for him to get all of his coverage completely taken away.
Thank you so much if you're able to provide any insight on this!
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