Provider Alerts! Cosentyx Clinical Prior Authorization Criteria Revision Scheduled for November 22

Provider Alerts! Cosentyx Clinical Prior Authorization Criteria Revision Scheduled for November 22

Date: October 25, 2022

Attention: Providers

Effective Date: October 1, 2022

Providers should monitor the Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) Provider Portal regularly for alerts and updates associated to the COVID-19 event.  TCHP reserves the right to update and/or change this information without prior notice due to the evolving nature of the COVID-19 event. 

Call to action: Texas Children Health Plan (TCHP) will revise clinical prior authorization criteria for Cosentyx to comply with the recent Food and Drug Administration-approved age indications.

How this impacts providers: Effective November 22, 2022, TCHP will expand the age requirement to 2 years and older for psoriatic arthritis only.

Next steps for providers: Updated PA forms can be found on Navitus. Prescribers should share this communication with their staff.

If you have any questions, please email Provider Network Management at: providerrelations@texaschildrens.org.

For access to all provider alerts, log into:
www.thecheckup.org or www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/for-providers.

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