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Provider Alert! Educational Video and Infographics Now Available to Providers: Telemedicine and Telehealth Delivery of Behavioral Health Medicaid Benefits

Date: February 13, 2024 Attention: Primary Care Providers (PCP), Family Medicine, and OBs acting as a PCP Video available beginning: February 2, 2024 Call to action: Texas Children’s Health Plan (TCHP) would like to make providers aware that Health and Human Services (HHSC) has created an educational video that is posted on the Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership’s (TMHP’s) YouTube channel and Learning Management System (LMS). Additionally, HHSC created two infographics outlining the changes that are also posted to Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership (TMHP’s) LMS. This training is...

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Provider Alert! Healthy Rewards/Value Added Services for 2021-2022

Date: September 2, 2021 Attention: All Providers Effective Dates: September 1, 2021 through August 31, 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) is proud to present our Healthy Rewards Program /Value Added Services (VAS) program effective, September 1, 2021...

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Provider Alert! Asthma Education Coverage and Benefits

Date: March 23, 2021 Attention: PCPs and Pulmonologists 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 remind providers of Medicaid and CHIP coverage of asthma education. How this impacts providers: Asthma education and benefits for Medicaid are covered...

5 Ways to Encourage Speech Development and Language Skills

Long before a child speaks their first word, a child is already communicating.  The first signs of communication happen during the first few days of life when an infant learns that a cry will bring food and comfort. The newborn also begins to recognize the sound of a parent or caregiver’s voice. As they grow, infants begin to sort out the speech sounds that compose the words of their language.   As the infant’s oral motor skills and voice advance, they...