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Provider Alert!
01Feb

Provider Alert! New Edit Implemented by Claims Processor, Change HealthCare

Attention: All Providers       Effective Date: February 1, 2021 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’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform network providers that beginning February 1, 2021, Change Health Care (CHC) will require the following information on all UB04 (837I)...

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Provider Alert!
01Feb

Provider Alert! Medical Physics Consultations to Become Benefits of Texas Medicaid

Attention: Oncologists Effective Date: March 1, 2021 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 for dates of service on or after March 1, 2021, medical physics consultations (procedure codes 77336 and 77370) will become benefits of Texas Medicaid. Medical physics consultations will be...

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Provider Alert!
29Jan

Provider Alert! Provider Initiated Termination Process and Requirements

Date: August 13, 2021 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: December 1, 2020 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’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform network providers of the provider initiated termination process and requirements. A provider may terminate from Texas Children’s...

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26Jan

Provider Alert! Medicaid, STAR Kids, CHIP, and CHIP Perinatal eligibility during COVID-19

Date: July 23, 2021 Attention: All providers Subject: Medicaid, STAR Kids, CHIP, and CHIP Perinatal eligibility during COVID-19 Effective Date: July 22, 2021 For STAR Kids Age Outs that complete their transitions August 1, 2021. The content in this message on STAR Kids Age-Outs that transitioned on April 1, 2020 will remain in effect through July 31, 2021. Individuals ageing out starting May 1, 2021 are following normal timelines and processes, as announced by the Health and Human Services Commission. TCHP COVID-19 Utilization Management Procedure...

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Provider Alert!
26Jan

Provider Alert! Immobilized Lipase Cartridges to Become a Benefit of Texas Medicaid

Attention: All Providers Effective Date: March 1, 2021 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’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform network providers that effective for dates of service on or after March 1, 2021, immobilized lipase cartridges (procedure code B4105)...

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Provider Alert!
22Jan

Provider Alert! Obstetric Care Providers and Radiologists

Attention: Obstetric Care Providers and Radiologists     Effective Date: March 1, 2021 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’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to notify network providers that effective for dates of service on or after March 1, 2021, digital...

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Provider Alert!
19Jan

Provider Alert! Subject: Emergency Extensions for Optometry Provider License Renewals

Attention: Optometrists Effective Date: December 18, 2020 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’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform network optometrists that due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency, effective December 18, 2020, the Texas Optometry Board has issued an emergency rule extending the...

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Provider Alert!
11Jan

Provider Alert! Providers are encouraged to register to Administer COVID-19 Vaccine

Attention: Primary Care Providers 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’s Health Plan (TCHP) aligns with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) with urging physicians and medical facilities to enroll in the DSHS Immunization Program in order to receive doses of and administer the COVID-19...

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Provider Alert!
30Dec

Provider Alert! Addition of Bamlanivimab and Casirivimab/Imdevimab as a Texas Medicaid Benefit and for FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Attention: All Providers       Effective Date: December 15, 2020 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’s Health Plan would like to inform network providers that Texas Medicaid has added two medications, bamlanivimab and casirivimab/imdevimab, as outpatient benefits in response to the COVID-19 Emergency Use...

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Provider Alert!
30Dec

Provider Alert! Healthy Texas Women Program Launches Enhanced Postpartum Care Services

Attention: Chemical dependency treatment facilities, opioid treatment programs, licensed professional counselors, licensed clinical social workers, psychologists and psychology groups, psychiatrists, and cardiologists Effective Date: December 29, 2020 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’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to ensure network...

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