Tag - EVV

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Provider Alert! Variable Schedules Available in EVV Vendor Systems

Date: December 20, 2022 Attention: STAR Kids Providers/Consumer Directed Services employers, and FMSA 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: Background information: S.B. No. 1648 requires HHSC to allow a health care provider to enter a variable schedule into the electronic visit verification system. HHSC...

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Provider Alert! EVV Home Health Care Services (HHCS)- Services Updates and Bill Codes Table Now Available

Date: November 30, 2022 Attention: STAR Kids Providers/Consumer Directed Services employers, and FMSA Providers The updates to the impacted services required to use EVV by January 1, 2024 (PDF) 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 share...

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Provider Alert! EVV Personal Care Services Bill Codes Table Updates: STAR Kids and STAR Health 

Date: November 1, 2022 Attention: STAR Kids Providers/Consumer Directed Services employers, and FMSA Providers Effective date: December 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: The purpose of this communication is to inform providers that the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has...

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Provider Alert! EVV Cures Act Home Health Care Services Implementation

Date: October 25, 2022 Attention: STAR Kids Providers/Consumer Directed Services employers, and FMSA Providers Effective date: January 1, 2024 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: Background information: On July 1, 2022, The Health and Human Services commission (HHSC) submitted a good faith effort request to get federal...

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Provider Alert! Potential Electronic Visit Verification Changes Coming in 2023 

Date: October 19, 2022 Attention: STAR Kids Providers/Consumer Directed Services employers, and FMSA Providers Expiration date for current EVV vendors: August 31, 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:  Texas Children’s Health Plan would like to notify providers that Health and Human Service...

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Provider Alert! EVV Policy Handbook Revisions

Date: August 18, 2022 Attention: STAR Kids Providers/Consumer Directed Services employers, and FMSA Providers Effective Date: September 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 of upcoming revisions to the Electronic Visit Verification...

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Provider Alert! EVV Direction for FMSAs on CDS Employer Usage

Date: August 1, 2022 Attention: FMSA and Consumer Directed Services Employers Effective date: September 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 inform Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) financial management services agencies (FMSAs) and CDS...

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Provider Alert! Clarification for the STAR Kids LTSS Billing Matrix Revisions

Date: June 6, 2022                         Attention: STAR Kids Providers Effective date: December 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...

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Provider Alert! Clarification for the STAR Kids LTSS Billing Matrix Revisions

Date: June 6, 2022                        Attention: STAR Kids Providers Effective date: December 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...

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Provider Alert! 90-Day Notice Before EVV Usage Reviews Begin for CDS Employers

Date: May 26, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: September 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 payers will begin conducting Electronic Visit Verification Usage Reviews for Consumer Directed Services (CDS) employers...