Sendero Health Plans Inc.

‘Sendero Health Plans, Inc. (“Sendero”) was formed in 2011 as a new, non-profit organization in Central Texas to improve access to care for those covered by publicly-funded health insurance programs. Sendero was granted an HMO Certificate of Authority from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). In mid-2011, Sendero submitted a proposal to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to contract for the management of the STAR and CHIP programs in the 8-county Travis Service Delivery Area (Burnet, Bastrop, Travis, Fayette, Hays, Williamson, Lee, and Caldwell). That contract was granted by HHSC in September 2011, and Sendero was authorized to begin services on March 1, 2012.’