Monthly Archives - October 2016

Provider Alert! All Texas Children’s Health Plan providers and facilities Utilization Management Guidelines effective November 1, 2016

Texas Children’s Health Plan has developed Utilization Management guidelines that serve as criteria for the determination of medical necessity for services that require prior authorization. These guidelines will be effective on November 1, 2016. The goal of Texas Children’s Health Plan’s Utilization Management guidelines is to encourage the highest quality care from the right provider in the right setting. Utilization Management guidelines are available for you to review. Please contact Texas Children’s Health Plan’s Provider Relations department at 832-828-1008 or toll-free at...

Provider Alert! Upcoming Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider TouCHPoint portal changes allows providers to submit claims electronically

In the coming weeks, Texas Children’s Health Plan will make available batch claims submission via the Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider TouCHPoint portal. This will be a free service to providers and will accept batch claims as well as appeals with supporting documentation. Please watch for more information posted on TCHP Provider TouCHPoint.

Upcoming Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider TouCHPoint portal changes: Provider Attestation required

The Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider portal is changing. In order to be compliant with HHSC guidelines to confirm provider demographic information, the Texas Children’s Health Plan Provider portal will require a quarterly attestation of information by NPI number. If access to the secure portal has been blocked because of needed attestation, users will not be able to access the portal until an office administrator for the account attests the information on file. Only staff with office administrator-level access can provide...

Changes to the Sterilization Consent Form and Instructions, Approval Process, and Denial Letter

Changes to the Sterilization Consent Form and Instructions, Approval Process, and Denial Letter Information posted July 15, 2016 Note: This article applies to transactions submitted to TMHP for processing. For transactions processed by a Medicaid managed care organization (MCO), providers must refer to the MCO for information about benefits, limitations, prior authorization, and reimbursement. Effective September 1, 2016, the following changes will be made to the Sterilization Consent Form and corresponding instructions, the Sterilization Consent Form Denial Letter, and the process that providers...