Tag - HCPCS

Provider Alert!
26Feb

Provider Alert! HCPCS and CPT Code Prior authorization Update

Date: February 26, 2024 Attention: All Providers Effective date: January 1, 2024 Call to action: The purpose of this communication is to offer information about the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) prior authorization updates. Resource: https://www.tmhp.com/sites/default/files/file-library/resources/rate-and-code-updates/hcpcs-updates/2024-hcpcs-special-bulletin.pdf How this impacts providers: Effective January 1, 2024 Texas Children’s Health Plan’s (TCHP's) prior authorization updates are listed below. These changes follow guidance from Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership (TMHP). Medical necessity criteria for utilization review will be in accordance with Texas Medicaid...

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09May

Provider Alert! Subject: Unclassified Medical Drugs Prior Authorization Requirement

Date: May 8, 2023 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: June 8, 2023 Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform providers that effective June 8 2023, medical claims under $5,000 submitted to TCHP with unclassified Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code J3490 will no longer require a pre-service (prior authorization) request as claims above this cost will be subject to clinical necessity review by the pharmacy team. This dollar limit does not apply to other unclassified codes J9999, J3590,...

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Provider Alert!
25Jan

Provider Alert! UPDATED: Latest JW-Modifier list for medical drugs (CADs)

Date: January 24, 2023 Attention: All Providers Effective date: January 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: The JW modifier is a Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) modifier required to be reported on a claim to account for the amount of a...

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Provider Alert!
28Jul

Provider Alert! Second Quarter 2022 HCPCS Updates for Texas Medicaid

Date: July 27, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: July 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 Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) implemented the second quarter 2022 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding...

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Provider Alert!
13Jul

Provider Alert! JW Modifier Update

Date: July 7, 2022 Attention: All Providers HCPCS Codes from TMHP as of May 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) aligns with Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) regarding the reimbursement policy for the unused portion of a...

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Provider Alert!
06Jul

Provider Alert! First Quarter 2022 HCPCS Updates for Texas Medicaid 

Date: July 5, 2022 Attention: 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: On March 24, 2022, Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) implemented the first quarter 2022 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) additions, revisions, and discontinuations, which will be effective...

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11Feb

Provider Alert! 2022 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Update

Date: February 11, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: January 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) aligns with the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) additions, revisions, and discontinuations that are implemented for claims processing by TMHP...

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03Aug

Provider Alert! New Procedure Codes Available for Evoked Response Tests and Neuromuscular 

Date: July 28, 2021 Attention: Audiologists, Radiologists, DME, and Lab Providers Effective Date: July 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: Beginning July 1, 2021, Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) procedure codes 92652 and 92653 (for evoked response tests and neuromuscular), will...

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01Mar

Provider Alert! Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) update for Code 99201

Date: January 21, 2021 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: January 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) aligns with the guidance from Texas Medicaid Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) regarding HCPCS Code 99201. This code has been discontinued as a...

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25Sep

Provider Alert! Prior Authorization Update for HCPCS Code H2011, Crisis Intervention

Attention: Behavioral Health Providers Effective Date: September 22, 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) aligns with the prior authorization guidance available in the Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual (TMPPM) for HCPCS Code H2011 Crisis Intervention, per 15...

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