Children receiving Medicaid-funded services are, in most cases, entitled to receive all medically necessary healthcare and treatment. Federal law gives these beneficiaries the right to challenge any denials through an administrative hearing process. In Texas, this is called a "fair hearing."

Unfortunately, these beneficiaries typically must navigate this complex process without the assistance of legal counsel and with predictably poor results.

The DRTx Children's Medicaid Pro Bono Project helps children get medically necessary healthcare and enhances and improves the fair hearing system. Attorneys who participate in the project help children with disabilities receive critically-needed healthcare prescribed by their doctors.

DRTx Senior Litigation Attorney Peter Hofer presents award to Dell attorneys for their outstanding work in the DRTx Children's Medicaid Pro-Bono Project

Dell's Legal Team and attorneys Maryann Overath, Martin Hernandez, Laura Robertson, and Susan Marx were recently honored with an award from DRTx for their outstanding pro-bono work on the project. Their contributions have made an important impact on many young people's lives. 

One case involved a teenage boy who sustained a spinal cord injury in an accident. He was suddenly denied approval by Medicaid for a respiratory device he had been using for three years. A Dell attorney argued at a Medicaid hearing on behalf of the boy and was able to get the device re-approved.