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06Jul

Provider Alert! : COVID-19 Drug Veklury (Remdesivir) Update

Date: July 5, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: April 25, 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 effective April 25, 2022, Veklury (J0248) is a covered benefit for Medicaid and CHIP clients...

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06Jul

Provider Alert! Antivenin Procedure Code J0841 (ANAVIP®) to Become a Medicaid Benefit

Date: July 5, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: June 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’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform providers that Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has identified an alternative antivenom, Antivenin (ANAVIP) that is...

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06Jul

Provider Alert! Monoclonal Antibody Procedure Code Q0221 for Treatment of COVID-19 Added to Texas Medicaid Benefits

Date: July 5, 2022 Attention: All Providers   Effective Date: February 24, 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: On February 24, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created a new procedure code, Q0221, reflecting a revised U.S. Food and Drug...

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06Jul

Provider Alert! Procedure Codes M0222, M0223 & Q0222 for COVID-19 Treatments Added as Texas Medicaid & CHIP Benefits

Date: July 5, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: February 11, 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: On February 11, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the emergency use of bebtelovimab for the treatment...

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06Jul

Provider Alert! COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Benefit Modified

Date: July 5, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: December 28, 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: On February 10, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the emergency use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma with...

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05Jul

Provider Alert! New Collaborative Care Model Medicaid Benefit

Date: July 1, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: June 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 the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has drafted a new Medicaid medical policy for...

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05Jul

Provider Alert! Pegfilgrastim-cbqv (Udenyca) to be Diagnosis Restricted Effective May 1, 2022

Date: July 1, 2022  Attention: All Providers Effective Date: May 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 effective for dates of service on or after May 1, 2022, pegfilgrastim-cbqv (Udenyca; procedure...

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01Jul

Provider Alert! Reimbursement for in-office Durable Medical Equipment and Medical Supplies

Date: July 1, 2022 Attention: All Providers   Effective date: August 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: The purpose of this communication is to clarify the payable Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Codes that physicians are allowed for reimbursement. DME or medical supply codes...

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01Jul

Provider Alert! End of Reconsideration Process for Denied services

Date: July 1, 2022 Attention: All Providers   Effective date: August 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. TCHP will apply updates and reprocess impacted claims as soon as possible. However, please allow up to sixty (60) business days for reprocessing. Providers are not required to...

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30Jun

Provider Alert! Coram Infusion Pharmacies: Eliminating Certain Services in Texas

Date: June 29, 2022 Attention: Primary Care Providers and Referring Providers Effective Immediately Call to action: Coram Infusion Pharmacies informed TCHP that it will no longer support certain post-acute infusion therapies such as TPN, antibiotics, inotropes, and hydration in Texas. However, Coram will continue to provide specialty pharmacy and enteral feedings. How this impacts providers: TCHP will work with Coram Infusion Pharmacies to assist Members currently receiving eliminated services. To ensure there is no disruption in care, TCHP will coordinate transition of infusion...

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