Molina Healthcare Home Care in Texas: How to Get In-Home Caregivers Through Your Plan
If you or a loved one has Molina Healthcare STAR+PLUS in Texas and needs help at home, you can get trained in-home caregivers through your plan. Newport Home Health is a contracted Molina STAR+PLUS provider serving 160+ Molina members across Dallas–Fort Worth and Houston today.
We bill Molina directly, so for covered services under your plan, you typically pay $0 out of pocket. This page explains what Molina covers at home, how authorization works, how to switch agencies without losing care, and how family members can become paid caregivers. Molina is one of several plans we work with — see the full list of insurance and programs Newport accepts.
Ready to start? Call 972-602-3500 or use the quick form below — we can usually verify your Molina coverage the same business day.
What Molina STAR+PLUS Covers at Home
STAR+PLUS is the Texas Medicaid managed-care program for adults who are 65 or older or who have a disability, and Molina is one of the health plans that runs it. For members who qualify, Molina covers personal attendant services — hands-on, non-medical help at home with everyday living. In plain English, that means a caregiver who comes to the house on a set schedule and helps with things like:
- Bathing, dressing, and grooming — safe, respectful help with personal care
- Meal preparation and eating — cooking, feeding assistance, and cleanup
- Mobility and transfers — moving safely between bed, chair, and bathroom
- Light housekeeping and laundry — keeping the living space safe and clean
- Medication reminders — prompts to take medications on schedule
- Errands and escort — grocery runs and accompaniment to appointments
Molina STAR+PLUS can also cover respite care — a professional caregiver steps in for a scheduled break so a family caregiver can rest, work, or travel.
One honest note: exactly which services you receive, and how many hours, is decided by Molina — not by any home-care agency. Coverage is based on Molina’s assessment of your needs and your individual service plan. What Newport controls is the quality of the caregivers and the reliability of every authorized visit.
How It Works With Molina
Every Molina STAR+PLUS member has a service coordinator — a Molina employee who manages long-term services and supports. The path to in-home care runs through them:
- Assessment. Your Molina service coordinator reviews your needs — usually through an in-person or phone assessment — and determines what in-home services you qualify for.
- Authorization. Molina authorizes a specific number of attendant hours per week and sends that authorization to the home-care agency you choose.
- Care begins. Newport matches you with a caregiver, builds the schedule around your authorization, and verifies every visit through Texas’s required electronic visit verification (EVV) system.
Newport coordinates directly with Molina service coordinators every week — checking authorizations, reporting changes, and keeping care moving. If you don’t know who your service coordinator is, call Molina member services at 866-449-6849 (the number on the back of your Molina ID card) and ask — or call us and we’ll help you sort it out. New to STAR+PLUS? Start with our guide to Medicaid home care coverage in Texas.
Switching to Newport Under Molina
Already getting home care through another agency but unhappy with no-shows, revolving caregivers, or poor communication? Switching agencies under Molina is routine — members choose their provider, and your authorization follows you. Done right, there is no gap in care. Here’s how it works:
- Call Newport at 972-602-3500. We confirm your Molina coverage and your current authorization — usually the same business day.
- Tell Molina you’re choosing Newport. You (or we, together with you) notify your Molina service coordinator that you want to transfer your services to Newport Home Health.
- We coordinate the start date. Newport schedules your caregiver to begin as the old agency’s services end — same authorized hours, new agency, no gap when the transfer is coordinated.
Family Caregivers Under Molina
Many Molina members would rather be cared for by someone they already trust — a daughter, son, sibling, or friend. Texas Medicaid allows this, and Newport sets it up for families every week. Under the agency option, Newport hires your family member as a caregiver on our team: we handle the background check, training, scheduling, payroll, and EVV compliance, and family caregivers we employ typically earn $13–14 per hour caring for their own loved one.
Texas also offers Consumer Directed Services (CDS), where the member or their representative becomes the employer and directs the caregiver themselves. Read our step-by-step guide to becoming a paid caregiver for a family member in Texas — and if you found this page searching for CDPAP, see why Texas’s version of CDPAP is called CDS.
Molina Home Care in Texas — Frequently Asked Questions
Does Molina cover home care in Texas?
Yes. Molina’s Texas STAR+PLUS plan covers in-home personal attendant services and respite care for members who qualify. Molina determines eligibility and authorizes services after an assessment by your service coordinator — and Newport, as a contracted Molina provider, delivers the care and bills Molina directly.
How many hours will Molina approve?
There’s no set number, and any agency that promises one isn’t being straight with you. Hours are based on Molina’s assessment of your needs: your service coordinator reviews your situation and authorizes a specific number of attendant hours. What we can promise is this — we coordinate closely with your coordinator, and we reliably staff every hour Molina authorizes.
Can Molina pay a family member to be my caregiver?
In many cases, yes. Newport can hire your family member under the agency option — typically at $13–14 per hour — or your family can employ them directly through Consumer Directed Services (CDS). Standard hiring requirements, including a background check, apply. Here’s the full step-by-step guide.
Does Newport take Molina in Houston?
Yes. We serve Molina STAR+PLUS members in both Houston and the Dallas–Fort Worth area — 160+ Molina members are receiving care from Newport today across the two regions.
Check Your Molina Coverage — Get a Call Back Today
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