Amerigroup is now Wellpoint. New name. Same commitment to you.
No-cost health insurance for adults with disabilities or age 65+
STAR+PLUS is a Texas Medicaid program for adults with disabilities or individuals age 65 or older. It covers your medical needs, like doctor visits and hospital care, and offers services and support to help you live where you want to live.
What you get with Wellpoint
We provide services to help you live and get care in a place you call home. This includes:
- Help with daily activities such as making meals or cleaning.
- Help to live safely in your home, like installing grab bars in the shower or providing emergency response systems.
- Employment assistance and supported employment.
- Assisted living and adult day services.
You have options to manage your service attendants:
- If you want to do it yourself, you can be in control.
- If you want to have someone manage it for you, you can use an agency.
- If you use one of our agencies, we have electronic verification to make sure your caregivers are coming and giving you the care you need.
You can have your own service coordinator who will:
- Learn about your health-care needs and goals.
- Work with you to help create a care plan that works for you.
- Help you make appointments.
- Coordinate with all of your providers.
- Answer any questions you have.
You will always have a familiar name you can reach out to when you need something
If you live in a nursing facility and want to stay, we can help you there. Each nursing facility we work with has one of our own care coordinators assigned. They can also help if you are ready to move back home.
If you live in a nursing facility and want to move back to a home, a service coordinator can help. Through the Money Follows the Person program, we may be able to help with:
- Security deposits or rent payments
- Startup expenses for utilities like water, gas or electricity
- Furniture
- Home modifications
If you do not have Medicare, we cover your primary medical needs, too. This includes doctor, hospital and urgent care visits, prescriptions, specialist visits, therapy and much more.
If you have Medicare, your Medicare plan will cover most of these services.
Health issues come up when you least expect them. You can get fast, free medical advice from a registered nurse anytime, day or night.
- Rewards for doing healthy activities like getting certain checkups or treatments
- Cellphone or smartphone with monthly minutes, data, and texts
- Pest control services once every 3 months
- Extra respite care hours for family members and caregivers
- Up to 20 home-delivered meals after leaving a hospital or nursing facility
- GED testing fee reimbursement
You can find a full list of extra benefits and specific benefit details, including exclusions and limitations in the member handbook. Visit the Wellpoint website for a copy.
Do you qualify?
You may qualify if you are eligible for Medicaid and meet at least one of the following:
Age 21 or older and get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits
Don’t get SSI, but are able to get STAR+PLUS Home and Community-Based Waiver Services
Age 21 or older and get Medicaid through Social Security Exclusion programs
Age 21 or older and live in a nursing home
Get services through the Medicaid Breast and Cervical Cancer (MBCC) program
Find your doctor
We know your relationships with your care providers are very important. We work with thousands of doctors to make getting medical care easy. Use our search tool to see if we work with yours.
Enrollment in STAR+PLUS is year round. You can apply at any time.
Apply in one of these ways:
Go to Your Texas Benefits to apply online
Call 2-1-1 (TTY) toll-free Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central time
Print or request a paper form and submit by mail
Visit a Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) benefits office or find a community partner near you
Names, birth dates and Social Security numbers (or document numbers for any legal immigrants who need insurance)
Job and income information, including: Unemployment benefits, Social Security benefits, pensions, retirement income, rental income, alimony received, etc.
Citizenship or immigration status
Tax filing information
Deductions like alimony paid, self-employment expenses, school expenses, etc.
Current health insurance information, if any
Choose Wellpoint as your health plan
After you are approved, you will get an enrollment packet in the mail from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).
You can choose Wellpoint by calling 1-877-782-6440 (TTY 711).
Have STAR+PLUS and want to switch to Wellpoint?
You can change your health plan at any time!
Call 1-877-782-6440 (TTY 711),
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central time to join Wellpoint
