Tag - Prior Authorization

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Provider Alert! Prior Authorization Criteria Update for Breyanzi and Kymriah

Date: July 27, 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 Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will update the prior authorization criteria for Breyanzi...

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Provider Alert! Removal of Specialist Requirements from CAD Clinical Policies and Prior Authorization Criteria

Date: July 13, 2022 Attention: Providers Effective Date: August 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: HHSC is updating the prior authorization criteria for some clinician administered drugs. How this impacts providers: HHSC will no longer require the prescription include consultation with or be...

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Provider Alert! All MCOs: Dupixent, Evrysdi, and Qelbree Clinical Prior Authorization Criteria Updates

Date: July 13, 2022 Attention: Providers Effective Date: August 2, 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: HHSC is revising the prior authorization (PA) criteria for the following drugs: Dupixent, Evrysdi and Qelbree. How this impacts providers: HHSC made the following revisions: Dupixent clinical PA criteria: Added...

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Provider Alert! Removal of Specialist Requirements from CAD Clinical Policies and Prior Authorization Criteria

Date: July 13, 2022 Attention: Providers Effective Date: August 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: HHSC is updating the prior authorization criteria for some clinician administered drugs. How this impacts providers: HHSC will no longer require the prescription include consultation with or be...

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Provider Alert! Prior Authorization Criteria Update for Rinvoq and Cibinqo

Date: June 28, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: August 31, 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. 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 appeal...

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Provider Alert! Prior authorization criteria for Voxzogo (Vosoritide)

Date: June 15, 2022 Attention: All Providers Subject: Prior authorization criteria for Voxzogo (Vosoritide) Effective Date: July 15, 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: Effective July 15, 2022, Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) will implement the Voxzogo clinical edit in-line with the Health and...

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Provider Alert! Prior Authorization Criteria Update for Aduhelm Begins July 1

Date: June 15, 2022 Attention: All Providers Subject: Prior Authorization Criteria Update for Aduhelm Begins July 1 Effective Date: July 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 the Health and Human Services Commission...

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Provider Alert! Prior Authorization Criteria Updates for Yescarta and Tecartus

Date: June 1, 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 the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will update prior authorization criteria for Yescarta (Q2041)...

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Provider Alert! Push-rim Activated Power Assist Wheelchair (PAPAW) System Procedure Code E0986 to Become a Benefit for Texas Medicaid

Date: May 25, 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 effective for dates of service on or after June 1, 2022, push-rim activated power assist...

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Provider Alert! Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy to Require Prior Authorization

Date: April 6, 2022   Attention: Radiologists Effective date: July 5, 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. Regarding system configuration updates, TCHP will apply updates and reprocess impacted claims as soon as possible. However, due to volume, please allow up to sixty (60) business days...