Tag - Appointment Accessibility

Provider Alert!
03Nov

Provider Alert! Appointment Availability Standards Reminder

Date: November 3, 2022   Attention: Primary Care and Specialist 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) would like to remind providers of the appointment availability standards. In 2015, Senate Bill 760 passed, requiring Texas Health and Human Services...

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27Sep

Appointment Availability Standards for Specialty Care and Behavioral Health

What are appointment availability standards? How do you as a provider with Texas Children’s Health Plan play a role? In 2015 Senate Bill 760 passed, requiring Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to monitor the provider networks of managed care organizations. Texas Children’s Health Plan would like to ensure members are able to schedule appointments with providers in accordance with the HHSC’s appointment accessibility guidelines.   PLEASE NOTE: Specialist visits do not require primary care provider (PCP) referral.

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10Aug

Improving Access to SBIRT

Improving Access to Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment in Primary Care for Adolescents: A Resource Center From the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (CHCS) Adolescence is often a period for risky behavior and experimentation with alcohol and drugs. An estimated 70 percent of high school students have tried alcohol and 49 percent of high school seniors have used an illegal drug at least once. As a population, adolescents are more vulnerable than adults are to addiction. Early identification of...

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26Apr

Appointment Availability Standards

Appointment availability standards What are appointment availability standards? How do you as a provider with Texas Children’s Health Plan play a role? In 2015 Senate Bill 760 passed, requiring Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to monitor the provider networks of managed care organizations. Texas Children’s Health Plan would like to ensure members are able to schedule appointments with providers in accordance with the HHSC’s appointment accessibility guidelines.                                                 AFTER HOURS: Primary Care Physicians who are accessible 24 hours a day, seven days...

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05Mar

Appointment Availability Standards

Appointment availability standards What are appointment availability standards? How do you as a provider with Texas Children’s Health Plan play a role? In 2015 Senate Bill 760 passed, requiring Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to monitor the provider networks of managed care organizations. Texas Children’s Health Plan would like to ensure members are able to schedule appointments with providers in accordance with the HHSC’s appointment accessibility guidelines. AFTER HOURS: Primary Care Physicians Accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week, must...

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