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Provider Alert! UPDATE: Provider Enrollment and Management System (PEMS) Provider Guidance

Date: February 10, 2023  Attention: All Providers National Provider Identifier (NPI) Master Provider file effective date: March 1, 2023 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. Important provider notice: As a reminder, the Provider Enrollment and Management System (PEMS) is the required Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP)...

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Provider Alert! Correction to Rendering Provider Guidance Previously Provided

Date: December 16, 2022 Attention: All Providers   This communication is an update to the communication providedon November 23, 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: Please note this communication is a correction to the communication provided on November 23,2022. How this impacts providers: TCHP would...

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Provider Alert! Reimbursement Rate Changes and Updates for Texas Medicaid Procedure Code 90461

Date: November 22, 2022 Attention: All Providers                 Subject: Effective date: September 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 make providers aware that the physician administered drug vaccines and toxoids administration procedure code 90461...

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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! 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! 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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Provider Alert! Provider enrollment revalidation extension has ended

Date: March 29, 2022 Attention: All providers Effective Date: March 29, 2022 The extension for revalidation due dates for currently enrolled providers ended on February 28, 2022 as announced by the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). TCHP COVID-19 Utilization Management Procedure and provider alerts can be found here: http://www.thecheckup.org/provider-alerts/ 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...

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Provider Alert! Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) Provider Enrollment and Management System (PEMS)

Date: November 29, 2021 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: December 13, 2021 for PEMS Webinar date: December 7, 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 would like to remind providers that the Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership’s (TMHP) Provider Enrollment and...

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Provider Alert! Update to the Durable Medical Equipment and Supplies Handbook

Date: November 4, 2021 Attention: Durable Medical Equipment, Primary Care, and Gastroenterologist Providers Effective Date: November 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: On November 1, 2021, Texas Medicaid Health Partnership (TMHP) will update the Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual, Durable Medical Equipment...

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Provider Alert! Rural Hospitals Outpatient Ratio of Cost to Charges update

Date: September 20, 2021 Attention: Rural Hospitals Effective Date: September 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: The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) increased the Rural Hospitals Outpatient Ratio of Cost to Charges (RCC) effective for dates of service September 1, 2021...