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13Jul

Provider Alert! COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Procedure Codes 0074A and 0094A Are Now a Benefit of Medicaid and CHIP

Date: July 8, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Dates:  Procedure Code 0094A on or after March 29, 2022 Procedure Code 0074A on or after May 17, 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: For procedure code 0094A, Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to inform providers...

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07Jun

Provider Alert! Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose for Children Update

Date: June 7, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: May 17, 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 on May 17, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use...

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02Jun

Provider Alert! Booster Dose Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for Adults Added to the Formulary

Date: May 31, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: May 13, 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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), under an emergency use authorization (EUA), authorized the...

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13May

Provider Alert! Second COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose Update

Date: May 13, 2022 Attention: Providers Effective Date: March 29, 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: On March 29, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. How this impacts providers:...

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10May

Provider Alert! Updated Age Range for COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Procedure Code M0201

Date: May 4, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective date: Dates of service on or after October 29, 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. TCHP will apply updates and reprocess impacted claims as soon as possible. However, please allow up to sixty (60) business days for...

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10Feb

Provider Alert! COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Procedure Code 0073A is now a Benefit

Date: February 9 , 2022  Attention: All Providers    Effective date: January 3, 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: Effective for dates of service on or after January 3, 2022, COVID-19 vaccine administration code 0073A is a benefit of Medicaid and CHIP...

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03Feb

Provider Alert! COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Update

Date: January 31, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: January 3, 2022 for Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose Age Change 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 January 3, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the emergency use authorization (EUA)...

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20Jan

Provider Alert! COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Code 0004A Update

Date: January 20, 2022 Attention: Primary Care Providers Effective Date: January 3, 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: Effective January 3, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administration code 0004Ato...

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13Jan

Provider Alert! Date: Pneumococcal Vaccine Procedure Codes 90671 and 90677 Become Benefits of Texas Medicaid

Date: January 13, 2022 Attention: Primary Care Providers Effective Date: March 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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of PREVNAR 20 (procedure code 90677) on June 10, 2021 and the use of VAXNEUVANCE...

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15Nov

Provider Alert! Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage Update

Date: November 15, 2021 Attention: All Pediatric and Family Medicine Providers Effective Date: October 29, 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: New information for November 9, 2021: the FDA issued a new emergency use authorization (EUA) for the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19...

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