Dear Texas Children’s Health Plan providers, it has been brought to our attention that a small portion of our new members did not receive their current Member ID cards. We have already begun the process of sending the missing ID cards to members and will continue to do so until they are all properly distributed. We ask that you do not turn members away if they cannot present an ID card and instead utilize one of the following ways to...
Date: October 27, 2022 Attention: Home Health Providers Effective date: September 21, 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 recently adopted rules in alignment...
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...
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...
Date: October 26, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: October 25, 2022 The content in this message will remain in effect through November 30, 2022 as announced by the Health and Human Services Commission. 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 to the...
Date: October 25, 2022 Attention: Providers Effective Date: October 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 Health Plan (TCHP) will revise clinical prior authorization criteria for Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) to comply with the recent Food and Drug Administration-approved age indications. How this impacts...
Date: October 25, 2022 Attention: Providers Effective Date: October 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 Health Plan (TCHP) will revise clinical prior authorization criteria for Cosentyx to comply with the recent Food and Drug Administration-approved age indications. How this impacts providers:...
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...
Date: October 17, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: October 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 let providers know that the ProAir® HFA inhaler, one of many preferred asthma inhalers, was discontinued by...
Date: October 17, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: October 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: Traditional Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) season is here. Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to let providers know that effective October 17, 2022, the Texas...
