Tag - Postpartum

Provider Alert!
13Feb

Provider Alert! 12-Month Postpartum Eligibility Extension for Medicaid and CHIP Pregnant Members

Date: February 13, 2024 Attention: Primary Care, Family Medicine, and Obstetric Care Providers Effective: March 1, 2024 Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to share great news with providers about postpartum Medicaid coverage. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) extended postpartum Medicaid coverage from two to 12 months for eligible women, effective March 1, 2024, as part of House Bill 12 (H.B. 12), 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023. Also effective March 1, 2024, HHSC will be providing 12...

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Provider Alert!
24May

Provider Alert! Ensuring Timely Prenatal and Postpartum Visits Reminder

Date: May 17, 2023 Attention: Obstetric Care Providers Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) encourages OB/GYNs and other providers to take measures to ensure that your patients, our members, are receiving timely prenatal and postpartum visits. TCHP is committed to optimizing the quality of obstetric care provided to members during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Together, we can support healthy pregnancies, reduce maternal mortality and improve neonatal outcomes.  OB/GYNs and other providers are encouraged to share this communication with their staff...

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Provider Alert!
17Jan

Provider Alert! Healthy Texas Women Plus Program Features Enhanced Postpartum Care Services

Date: January 17, 2023 Attention: All 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 postpartum services package Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) available to Healthy Texas Women clients called Health Texas...

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Provider Alert!
08Sep

Provider Alert! Perinatal Psychiatric Access Network (PeriPAN) Pilot Live in Four Regions

Date: September 8, 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 the Perinatal Psychiatric Access Network (PeriPAN), a state-funded project, is now available to clinicians...

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13Aug

Prenatal and postpartum care: best practices and professional guidelines for CHIP providers

Texas Children’s Health Plan encourages providers to follow best practices and professional guidelines. To assist in this, refer to the following reminders about covered benefits under Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and CHIP-Perinatal (CHIP-P): Prenatal Care The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) all concur that immunization against Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) protects the perinate from morbidity and mortality attributable to pertussis infection1. Based on this guidance, the...

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15Oct

Improving Postpartum Hospital Discharge Education

In September 2018, the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force released its latest report on deaths occurring during pregnancy and up to 1 year following the end of pregnancy.  Approximately 20% of maternal deaths occurred while the mother was pregnant or during the first 7 days after delivery!  Detailed maternal death case reviews revealed that “inadequate knowledge and lack of early recognition of postpartum complication signs frequently contributed to death.”1 Recommendations by the Task Force included that improvements be made...

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24Jul

Now available: Integrating Postpartum Depression Screening into Routine Infant Medical Checkups

Texas Health and Human Services has a new online training, available to Texas Health Steps providers, on integrating PPD screening into routine infant checkups. Texas Health Steps providers can receive separate reimbursement for conducting maternal PPD screening during an infant’s preventive medical checkup. Click here to learn more about the policy and connect with resources to help you implement it in your practice.

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17Jul

Provider Alert! Coding Changes to Postpartum Depression Screening

Maternal depression is a serious and prevalent condition that not only affects the mother, but may present a substantial early risk to appropriate child development, the mother-infant bond, and the family. According to the AAP, it has been estimated that 5 percent to 25 percent of all pregnant, postpartum, and parenting women have some type of depression. Mothers who have low incomes are more likely to experience some form of depression than the general population of mothers. A maternal depression...

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26May

Best practices to boost postpartum appointments

RELATE DISCUSS the importance of the postpartum visit with your patient during her pregnancy DISTRIBUTE the Texas Children’s Health Plan Postpartum Checklist to your patients in the late third trimester MOTIVATE INCLUDE Texas Children’s Health Plan postpartum visit information in your practice welcome packet INFORM your patients about the Texas Children’s Health Plan value-added service they qualify for by attending their postpartum visit TRACK your appointment success rate (the percentage of your patients who get the postpartum check between 21-56 days) SET A DATE SCHEDULE the postpartum visit...

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22May

Be a HEDIS HERO for your pregnant patients

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is a non-profit organization that measures the quality of healthcare across large populations. NCQA does this through its Health Effectiveness and Data Set, also known as HEDIS. HEDIS ‘Measures’ are a set of evidence based standards that Texas Children’s Health Plan is committed to improving upon in order to provide the best care for our members. Making changes across your patient population is easier than you think! In fact, you can become a HEDIS...

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