Provider Alert! Texas Children’s Health Plan Highlights Behavioral Health Awareness Month

Date: May 3, 2024

Attention: All Providers

Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) is highlighting May as Behavioral Health Awareness Month and offering a Continuing Medical Education (CME) course: Advancing Mental and Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Strategies for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Coordination, to commemorate this occasion.

Time and location:

Date: Thursday, May 16, 2024

Time: 5:30PM-7:30PM CST

Location: Virtual Event (Held via Webex)

Registration: Click here to visit the webpage and register
or visit https://www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/cme.

Behavioral Health Resources
TCHP offers provider resources for assistance with taking care of patients with a behavioral health diagnosis that are available here: https://www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/providers/provider-resources.

HEDIS Toolkits:

• HEDIS® Quick Reference ADD – Follow-Up Care for Children Prescribed ADHD Medication
• HEDIS® Quick Reference Antidepressant Medication Management
• HEDIS® Quick Reference for Follow-Up After Hospitalization For Mental Illness (FUH)
• HEDIS® Quick Reference Metabolic Monitoring for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics
• Use of First-Line Psychosocial Care for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics

CME Mental Health Resources 

• Recognizing Adolescents Struggling with Mental Health 
• Paying Attention to ADHD: Diagnosis, Treatment & Resources 

Additional CME: Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy- Screening, intervention and referral
This is a free, on demand CME course for Texas Children’s Health Plan physicians, residents, fellows, and other healthcare professionals provided by Texas Children’s Hospital. Click here to access the CME.

Health and Human Services (HHS) – Texas Health Steps Continued Education (CE) Courses

• Promoting Adolescent Health CE Course available here or https://www.txhealthsteps.com/ and search for this course.
• Behavioral Health: Screening and Intervention CE Course available here or https://www.txhealthsteps.com/ and search for this course.
• Promoting Postpartum Behavioral health Screening CE Course available here or https://www.txhealthsteps.com/ and search for this course.
• High-Risk Behaviors In Young People: Screening and Intervention CE Course available here or https://www.txhealthsteps.com/ and search for this course.
• Youth Suicide: Addressing Risks, Plans and Behaviors CE Course available here or https://www.txhealthsteps.com/ and search for this course.

Next step for Providers:
Providers are encouraged to attend the upcoming CME on May 16^th by registering here and check out the Texas Health Steps Courses offered by HHS, and the previously recorded CME, Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy- Screening, intervention and referral. Providers should implement learned practices to applicable patients for improved health outcomes.

If you have any questions, please email Provider Relations at: providerrelations@texaschildrens.org.

For access to all provider alerts,log into:
www.thecheckup.org or www.texaschildrenshealthplan.org/for-providers.