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Provider Alert! Medicaid Coverage Changes Are Coming- How Providers Can Assist Their Patients and What Steps Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) is taking to Help Members

Date: March 17, 2023 Attention: All Providers Coverage change effective date: April 1, 2023 Call to action: As you may know, the Medicaid and/or CHIP coverage rules will soon be changing and all members will need to go through the process to determine their eligibility for coverage. Beginning, April 1, 2023, some of our members will be required to renew their Medicaid and/or CHIP coverage or risk losing their plan and access to healthcare. Others will have to go through this process...

Provider Alert! Subject: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Season Ended on March 1

Date: March 14, 2023 Attention: Providers Effective Date: March 1, 2023 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: Effective March 1, 2023, the Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC) closed Respiratory Syncytial (RSV) season’s Synagis prophylaxis therapy in all regions. This is in response...

Provider Alert! TCHP Psychotropic Medication Utilization Review (PMUR

Date: March 14, 2023 Attention: Pediatricians, Psychiatrists Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) utilizes a PMUR program to promote safe prescribing of behavioral health medications to children and adolescents. TCHP identifies potential “prescribing outliers” using parameters established by the Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC). This does not mean the prescribing is wrong or harmful to the child, but requires additional review due to potential for adverse reactions, polyprescribing, and other implications. Who is identified for review? Members under the age of...

Provider Alert! NEW Texas Children’s Health Plan Website

Date: January 10, 2023 Attention: All Providers Launch date: Friday, January 13, 2023 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: At Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP), we are constantly looking for ways to improve our provider experience and on Friday, January 13, 2023 we will...

Provider Alert! Correction to Rendering Provider Guidance Previously Provided

Date: November 23, 2022 Attention: All Providers This communication is a correction to the communication provided on November 10,2022. 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: Please note this communication is a correction to the communication provided on November 10,2022. How this impacts providers: TCHP would...

Provider Alert! Age Range Updates for Drug Procedure Codes Effective April 1

Date: June 8, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective date: April 1, 2022 Providers should monitor the Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) Provider Portal regularly for alerts and updates associated with 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’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform providers that on April 1, 2022, the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) updated age ranges for...

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Provider Alert! COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Procedure Codes 0051A, 0052A, 0053A, and 0054A are Now Benefits

Date: June 7, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective date: Dates of service on or after January 3, 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. Regarding system configuration updates, TCHP will apply updates and reprocess impacted claims as soon as possible. However, due to volume, please allow up...

Provider Alert! CME event is coming up. Register Today!

Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy: Screening, Intervention and Referral Learn screening brief intervention and referral (SBIRT) skills and review Eat Sleep Console (ESC) method to reduce the negative impact of Prenatal Opioid Use Disorders on women, children and families. This is a free, online CME course for contracted providers of the health plan provided by Texas Children’s Hospital. Thursday, August 19, 2021 – 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Live stream via WebEx   CME Objectives: Review morbidity and mortality data related to opioid use...