Tag - STAR Kids

Provider Alert!
21Mar

Provider Alert! Cures Act Home Health Care Services: EVV HHCS Service Bill Codes Table Update

Date: March 20, 2023 Attention: STAR Kids Providers/Consumer Directed Services employers, and FMSA Providers Effective date: January 1, 2024 Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform providers that a new version of the Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Home Health Care Services (HHCS) Bill Codes Table has posted. Reference the revision history for information about what was updated. The table is on the EVV 21st Century Cures Act webpage in both Excel and PDF formats. How this impacts providers: EVV...

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22Dec

Provider Alert! Update: System Configuration Resolution Complete for MDCP Providers

Date: December 22, 2022 Attention: MDCP 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: The issue that we reported to providers last week regarding the new STAR Kids billing matrix effective December 1, 2022 has been corrected. Our system has been updated and we...

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Provider Alert!
01Nov

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!
27Oct

Provider Alert! Changes to the STAR Kids LTSS Billing Matrix and Crosswalk Effective December 1, 2022

Date: October 27, 2022 Attention: All 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: UPDATE October 27, 2022: Texas Children’s’ Health Plan (TCHP) would like to communicate with providers that we have worked diligently ahead of the go live date...

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Provider Alert!
26Oct

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!
19Oct

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!
13Sep

Provider Alert! Healthy Rewards/Value Added Services for 2022-2023

Date: September 1, 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) is proud to present our Healthy Rewards Program/Value Added Services (VAS) program effective September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023....

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Provider Alert!
25Aug

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!
08Aug

Provider Alert! Changes to the STAR Kids LTSS Billing Matrix

Date: August 5, 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. Call to action: UPDATE July 14, 2022: On June 1, 2022, the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) comprehensively revised the Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)...

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Provider Alert!
13Jun

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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