From the Texas Tribune
“Staffing shortages and mismanaged care can delay when Texans on some Medicaid programs are discharged from hospitals. This can cost the state more and take a toll on patients and caregivers.
After surviving five surgeries and near organ failure, Kaitlyn Cunningham just wanted to go home. Instead, she would face another trial — fighting her way out of the hospital.
“…It’s hard to maneuver between the gaps in waiver program services when people start off on a program geared toward less intense forms of care but then have medical issues, which increase their needs, Garth Corbett, an attorney at Disability Rights Texas, said.”