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Provider Alert!
09Jan

Provider Alert! Psychosocial Care Interventions as First-Line Treatment for Children and Adolescents

Date: January 8, 2023 Attention: Behavioral Health Providers Call to ActionTexas Children Health Plan (TCHP) encourages providers to continue to take measures to ensure your patients, our members, receive excellent care. TCHP is committed to optimizing the quality of care provided to our members with behavioral health condition(s). TCHP would like to share information on first-line psychosocial care recommendations for children and adolescents before and along with prescribing antipsychotics. Why it MattersAntipsychotic medications are frequently prescribed for nonpsychotic conditions, for which psychosocial care...

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01Feb

Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women (CPW) COVID-19 Flexibilities

Date: February 1, 2023 Attention: All Providers 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 make providers aware of direction from Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) regarding the Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women...

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07Mar

Be a HEDIS HERO for Childhood Wellness

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is a non-profit organization that measures the quality of healthcare across large populations. NCQA does this through its Health Effectiveness and Data Set, also known as HEDIS. HEDIS measures are a set of evidence based standards that Texas Children’s Health Plan is committed to improving upon in order to provide the best care for our members. Making changes across your patient population is easier than you think! In fact, you can become a HEDIS...

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