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Provider Alert!
07Dec

Provider Alert! Follow-Up Care for Children Prescribed ADHD Medication (ADD, ADD-E)

Date: December 7, 2023 Attention: All Providers Call to Action: Texas Children Health Plan (TCHP) would like to remind providers to continue to take measures to ensure that your patients with an Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis are receiving excellent care. ADHD is one of the most common behavioral health disorders in children (National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2023; Visser et al., 2014). To ensure that medication is prescribed and managed correctly, it is important that prescribing providers carefully monitor their pediatric...

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Provider Alert!
06Oct

Provider Alert! Clinical Prior Authorization Criteria Revisions Implement for Medicaid Fee-for-Service on October 26

Date: October 5, 2022 Attention: All Providers Subject: Effective Date: October 26, 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 the clinical prior authorization criteria for the Anxiolytics and Sedative/Hypnotics (ASH), Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD), and Qelbree (also within the...

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Provider Alert!
26Sep

Provider Alert! Drug Regimen Optimization Edit Removed After September 12

Date: September 20, 2022 Attention: All Providers Effective Date: September 12, 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: Beginning September 12, 2022, Texas Children's Health Plan (TCHP) will remove the Drug Regimen Optimization prior authorization for all drugs except ADHD drugs. The Health...

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24Mar

March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

In 1987, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. President Reagan issued this public proclamation with the goal of urging Americans to provide individuals with developmental disabilities “the encouragement and opportunities they need to lead productive lives and to achieve their full potential.” The Center for Disease Control (CDC) defines developmental disabilities as a group of conditions due to an impairment in physical, learning, language or behavior areas. They include but are not limited to the following: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Autism...

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