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Eating disorder treatment in Texas

An estimated 2.5 million Texans will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime, and the state has built one of the country's most extensive eating disorder treatment systems, with specialty programs in every major metro. Care ranges from inpatient and medical stabilization through residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient, and virtual programs.(source)

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About eating disorder treatment in Texas

Eating Recovery Center operates a full continuum with inpatient and residential at its Plano campuses, plus day treatment and outpatient in Houston, The Woodlands, Austin, and San Antonio. Monte Nido and Clementine run adult and adolescent residential care in Conroe, Center for Discovery runs adolescent residential in Plano with outpatient in Addison, Houston, and Austin, and Eating Disorder Solutions runs residential through outpatient in Weatherford. Children's Health in Plano adds inpatient pediatric care, and Covenant Children's serves Lubbock. Most programs are in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston metros. El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, the Panhandle, and East Texas have no in-person specialty residential or day-treatment program.

Paying for treatment in Texas

Most commercial health plans in Texas cover eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, subject to your deductible, copays, and prior-authorization for higher levels of care. Whether care is covered in-network depends on whether your plan has a contract with the program.(source)

Texas Medicaid (STAR, STAR+PLUS, STAR Kids, STAR Health) covers eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, with prior authorization and medical-necessity review for higher levels of care. Many residential and partial-hospitalization programs in Texas work primarily with commercial insurance, so it is worth asking which programs accept Medicaid; the program can confirm this with you. Children may also qualify through the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).(source)

On state-regulated plans, eating disorders are covered as a mental health condition through federal parity (MHPAEA) and the ACA's essential health benefits.(source)

To start a benefits verification, call to be connected with a licensed eating disorder program.

See also: our insurance guides, how to verify your benefits, and how virtual eating disorder treatment works.

Common questions about eating disorder treatment in Texas

Where can I get residential eating disorder treatment in Texas?

Residential programs are concentrated in the four major metros. Dallas-Fort Worth has Eating Recovery Center (Plano Legacy Drive and Baylor Campus), Center for Discovery (adolescents ages 9 to 17, Plano), and Eating Disorder Solutions (The Ranch at Weatherford, adults). Houston-area Conroe has Monte Nido adult residential and Clementine adolescent residential. San Antonio has an Eating Recovery Center site. Children's Health (Plano) and Texas Children's (Houston) provide pediatric inpatient medical stabilization with eating disorder teams.

Does Texas Medicaid cover eating disorder treatment?

Yes, for residents who qualify, as part of the behavioral health benefit. Several pediatric eating disorder programs at academic medical centers accept Texas Medicaid for in-network care: Children's Health (Plano), Texas Children's (Houston), Covenant Children's (Lubbock), Dell Children's (Austin), and UTHealth (Houston). Eligibility for adult Medicaid in Texas is more limited than for children, so adults should check whether they qualify. The treatment program can confirm Medicaid coverage and in-network status with you.

What about eating disorder treatment in El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, the Panhandle, or East Texas?

These regions (El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, Amarillo, Midland-Odessa, and East Texas) have no in-person eating disorder specialty residential, partial hospitalization, or intensive outpatient program. Covenant Children's in Lubbock is the only pediatric eating disorder specialty program in West Texas. Residents there generally have two options: a virtual program licensed to treat Texas residents at the outpatient and intensive outpatient levels, or travel to a major metro for higher levels of care.

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Eating disorders we cover

Anorexia nervosaBulimia nervosaBinge eating disorderARFIDOrthorexiaOSFED (other specified feeding or eating disorder)

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