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County hears Frontier Direct Primary Care pitch to curb health‑plan costs for Head Start and other entities

Hidalgo County Commissioners Court (and Drainage District Board of Directors) · December 9, 2025
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Summary

A Frontier Direct Care executive told the court a primary‑care program could reduce per‑member costs for Head Start and other interlocal participants and projected a significant savings swing; commissioners pressed the vendor on enrollment assumptions and outreach required to realize those savings.

At a commissioners court workshop, Frontier Direct Care presented a proposal to include its primary‑care services for entities covered by the county's interlocal health plan (Head Start, CSA, Drainage District and others) as a way to contain rising health‑plan costs.

Joe Wilson, Frontier's executive vice president for growth and government affairs, said the county has effectively "unbundled" insurance by becoming…

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